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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Hammer stone
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:Stone
Place Made:North America; United States; Connecticut or Massachusetts; Connecticut Valley
Measurements:overall: 2 9/16 x diam 2 in.; 6.5088 x 5.08 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.A.6.c.4
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Elongated hammer stone with a single groove in the middle. Slightly reddish dirt gray, rough surface, almost circular in cross section. These may have been used as small club heads as there is no evidence of abrasion.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

Subjects:
Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Civilization, Ancient; archaeological objects

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