Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Walter Ryan (of Boyd Tavern, Virginia); donated to MAI by Walter Ryan in 1952 through anthropologist Marius Barbeau (1883-1969).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Walter Ryan, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Walter Ryan, Non-Indian
- Donor agent
- C. Marius Barbeau (Charles Marius Barbeau/Marius Barbeau), Non-Indian, 1883-1969
- Date created
- AD 900–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
