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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
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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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