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38316

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38316
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1891
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Grooved stone hammer with smooth poll and bit faces. Poll is larger compared to bit and is rounded. Bit edge might have once been sheer, but is now more flat, possibly due to use. Made from intermediate igneous rock.

Length 14.61 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901

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