Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 600 BC–AD 400
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Pablo Isaias Sanchez, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Pablo Isaias Sanchez, Non-Indian
label: Donor agent
content: Don Calixto Ramirez, Non-Indian
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated or surface collected by Pablo Isaias Sanchez (a rancher on Isla de la Tola); given to Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) by Sanchez in 1913 via donor agent Don Calixto Ramirez and during Saville's fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: La Tolita; Eloy Alfaro Canton; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador
label: Island Name
content: Isla de la Tola
setName: label: See related items
content: Tumaco–La Tolita (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: 3/4973
label: Barcode
content: 034973.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled