Polishing stone
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1450–1785 (Early to Late Plains Village period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Plains Village Tradition: Numakiki (Mandan) (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: George F. Will (George Francis Will), Non-Indian, 1884-1955
label: Excavator
content: Herbert J. Spinden (Herbert Joseph Spinden), Non-Indian, 1879-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by archaeologists George F. Will (1884-1955) and Herbert J. Spinden (1879–1967) in 1905 when they were undergraduates at Harvard University; part of the collections of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Double Ditch Village site, Missouri River; Bismarck; Burleigh County; North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains Village Tradition: Numakiki (Mandan) (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/9628
label: Barcode
content: 019628.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Polishing stone
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Polished