Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000 BC–AD 1800 (Middle Archaic to Post-contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions and Great Basin peoples (archaeological)
label: Collector
content: George W. Avery (G. W. Avery/George Wynne Avery), Non-Indian, 1866-1927
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by George Wynne Avery (1866-1927, a mining superintendent who worked in Mexico and the Southwest) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI from G.W. Avery in 1916.
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place: label: Place
content: Near Tonopah; Tonopah; Nye County; Nevada; 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: 5/7227
label: Barcode
content: 057227.000
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: Ground