Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
N.2010.1.4 |
Name |
Pestle, Food |
Description |
Dark grey stone that tapers to a narrow end. Has a flat middle section. Marked as M13. Has ink writing on it that describes where it was found. "I-M-5 / Found by W. [Willard] Fletcher 6/1/1954 / [Near] Depot, Westford, MA / Tadmuc Tribe" |
Date |
400-1,000bp |
Keywords |
Native American |
Notes |
Associated with 1959 newspaper clipping with Howard Smart and Allister MacDougall pictured with two likely pestles. Location of other pestle unknown. "Tadmuc" is not a known tribe from the area, but atribution might be related to the nearby Tadmuck Brook. |
People |
Willard Fletcher |