Pestle
date: label: Date created
content: 2000 BC-AD 1000
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Mamoran Troumassoid Traditions
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), 1879-1965
label: Expedition sponsor
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Excavator
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology) in 1912 or 1913, during a Caribbean expedition jointly supported by the Bureau of American Ethnology and George Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Basseterre; Saint George Basseterre Parish; Saint Kitts; Saint Kitts and Nevis
label: Archipelago
content: Lesser Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Saint Kitts
label: Island Grouping
content: Leeward Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
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: 3/3140
label: Barcode
content: 033140.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pestle
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground