Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 750–1600 (Pueblo I to Pueblo IV period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Rio Grande (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Max Hess, Jr., Non-Indian, 1911-1968
label: Donor
content: Elizabeth Douglass Hess (Mrs. Max Hess Jr.), Non-Indian, 1912-1997
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Max Hess, Jr. (1911-1968, head of the Hess Department store chain); donated to MAI by his widow, Elizabeth Douglass Hess (1912-1997), in 1968.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Rio Grande; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Rio Grande (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: 24/2542
label: Barcode
content: 242542.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, grooved