Hammerstone
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Frank D. Barnaby, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Frank D. Barnaby, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Hammerstone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 3.8 x 4.9 cm
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Place
- Warren; Bristol County; Rhode Island; USA
- Date created
- 8000 BC–AD 900 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank D. Barnaby (of Warren, Rhode Island); donated to MAI by Frank Barnaby in 1919.
- Catalog Number
- 9/1451
- Barcode
- 091451.000
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement