FMNH 102837.nosub[1]

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 103 | Country British West Indies | Locality St. Kitts | People Insular Arawak, Arawakan Stock | Name Large cone or sugar-loaf shaped stone. Well shaped finished but slightly broken. Base worn smooth and traces of red coloring. Probably used as a grindstone possibly to grind pigment as well as food materials. | Collection Exchange from the Museum of the American Indian, 1919. Thomas Huckerby, Collector. | Notes | Width 7.5 | Length 9.5 | Height 11 | Price [ILLUSTRATION] [LEFT MARGIN] A | 102837 | ENT | Original Number 8/6001 | Acc. 1303
Catalog Number: 102837.nosub[1]
Description: stone
Materials: stone
Cultural Attribution: Arawak
Accession Number: [1303] Museum of the American Indian : Museum of the American Indian (Exchange)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Museum of the American Indian
EMu IRN: 1002957
GUID: 380eb53e-ed0b-4e7f-95cf-117a11fd0dd1

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