Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been found by John M. Vreeland circa 1880; probably purchased by Frank D. Utley (1874-1943, MAI staff member) from John Vreeland in 1904 during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- John M. Vreeland, Non-Indian
- MAI agent
- Frank D. Utley (F.D. Utley/Frank Dinsmore Utley), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Early to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
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