Witmer Disc
97-563-277
Location: On Display in the Native American Voices
From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Witmer's Farm
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Title | Witmer Disc |
| Object Number | 97-563-277 |
| Current Location | Native American Voices - On Display |
| Culture | Susquehannock |
| Provenience | United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Witmer's Farm |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Period | Historic |
| Date Made | 1700-1740 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Round black stone. "Probably used in ceremonial" (H. Newell Wardle) "A Susquehannock muller for crushing maize into meal. Very refined ones like this are found in women's graves." (John Witthoft) This example was not recovered from a grave, however. |
| Thickness | 5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Outside Diameter | 10.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-277 - Old Museum Number | 4607 - ANSP Number | 907 - Collector Number |
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