Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 750 BC–AD 1600 (Basketmaker to Pueblo IV period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) Traditions and Southwest (archaeological)
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
label: Previous seller
content: Colonel Sloan, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
label: Seller
content: Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased in 1885 by Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana) from Colonel Sloan, organizer of the New Mexico portion of the World Cotton Centennial (World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition), a world's fair held in New Orleans in 1884-1885; purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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place: label: Place
content: New Mexico; USA
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: 7371
label: Barcode
content: 007371.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Grooved
label: Dimensions
content: 45.7 x 29.8 x 7.6 cm