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Mallet

Object Number:97-564-331
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: New Mexico
Upper Rio Grande River
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Stone
Length: 13.8 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Thickness: 4.5 cm
Credit Line:Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number:L-564-331 - Old Museum Number
20193 - ANSP Number
II 1455 - Gottschall Number

Description

"Grooved stone mallet or warclub head." Full groove, shallow on both faces. Polished. Flat. Battered at working end.

Bibliography:

[Book] Gottschall, Amos H. 1909. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 2.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: II 1455View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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