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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Mortar
Type:Food Processing
Materials:Basalt
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:overall: 15 3/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 5 5/16 in; 39.0525 cm x 26.3525 cm x 13.49375 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.A.8.a.3
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:
A ground stone mortar, medium gray lava like stone, irregularly shaped, shallow bowl, only partially smoothed and that apparently mostly from use.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American; archaeology

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