Grinding Stone

NA9332

From: New Mexico | Rio Grande Region

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9332
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ancestral Pueblo
Provenience New Mexico | Rio Grande Region
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone | Sandstone (uncertain)
Description

Large, roughly oval stone. Center has depression where grinding occurred. Modern scratches on the surface. Made from a fine grained sedimentary rock, perhaps sandstone.

Length 24 cm
Width 18 cm
Credit Line Gift of Otto T. Mallery, 1921

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