Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of R.P. Jacobs; probably acquired by MAI through Theodoor de Booy (1882-1919, an MAI staff member) in late 1916 or early 1917 during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Ostionoid Traditions
- Previous owner
- R. P. Jacobs, Non-Indian
- MAI agent
- Theodoor de Booy (Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy), Non-Indian, 1882-1919
- Date created
- 2500 BC-AD 1500
- Object Name
- Mortar
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, pecked
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
