- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone polisher used in ceramic manufacture
- Long description
- Polishing stone for pottery. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/10/2004]
- Geographical reference
- Western USA New Mexico
- Cultural groups
- Zuni
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- 1879 - 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1896
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Length: max 46 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1896.54.65 Other numbers: Powell no. 129
- Associated publications
- James Stevenson collected in the Southwest in 1879, 1881 and 1884. Ref. Bureau of Ethnology Annual Reports 2 (1880-1) pp 429-465 , 3 (1881-2) pp 517-594 & 6 (1884-5) pp xxviii-xxix. [LM 26/11/99]
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