Pestle
date: label: Date created
content: AD 600-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Seller
content: Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
label: Previous owner
content: Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José Felix Seijo (1879-ca. 1950), a Puerto Rican coffee farmer, census taker, judge, and collector; purchased from Felix Seijo in 1912 by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology who worked in the Caribbean) while acting on behalf of George Heye.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Puerto Rico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3/1993
label: Barcode
content: 031993.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pestle
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, carved, ground