Pestle
- Date created
- AD 800-1500
- Culture/People
- probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller agent
- Dolores Ricardo Hurst (Dolores Ricardo de Hurst/Mrs. Harry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, ca. 1899-1956
- Previous owner
- Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
- Seller
- Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
- Collection History
- Collected or acquired from local residents between 1916 and 1924 by Harry E. (Henry) Hurst (1889-1979) while he was stationed in the Dominican Republic with the U.S. Marine Corps; purchased by MAI from Harry Hurst in 1924, possibly through his wife Dolores Ricardo Hurst (ca. 1899-1956).
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- Place
- Vicinity of Santiago de los Caballeros; Santiago de los Caballeros; Santiago Province; Dominican Republic
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Hispaniola
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 12/9914
- Barcode
- 129914.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked, carved, ground
- Record ID
- NMAI_139334