Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Edward W. Milker (of Fargo, North Dakota) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Edward W. Milker in 1943.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Plains Archaic, Plains Woodland, and Plains Village Traditions
- Collector
- Edward W. Milker, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Edward W. Milker, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Plains Archaic to Late Plains Village period)
- Object Name
- Maul/Hammer head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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