Pestle
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Major Daniel Jean Tenaille (D. Tennaille), Non-Indian, 1880-1915
label: Previous owner
content: Major Daniel Jean Tenaille (D. Tennaille), Non-Indian, 1880-1915
label: Donor
content: Major Daniel Jean Tenaille (D. Tennaille), Non-Indian, 1880-1915
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1912 and 1914 by Major Daniel Jean Tenaille (1880-1915), a French aristocrat who emigrated from Saskatchewan, Canada, to the Dominican Republic in 1912 and became interested in local archaeology through MAI staff member Theodoor de Booy (1882-1919); donated to MAI by Major Tenaille in 1914.
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place: label: Place
content: Salado Caves, Punta Macao (Cabo Macao); El Salado; La Altagracia Province; Dominican Republic
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Hispaniola
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (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: 4/5935
label: Barcode
content: 045935.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pestle
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground