Polishing Stone
97-563-6693
From: New Mexico | Rio Grande
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-6693 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ancestral Pueblo |
| Provenience | New Mexico | Rio Grande |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Triangular shaped stone with rounded edges. One side has a handle, while the opposite side is flat and smooth. Possibly used to burnish pottery or polish mud floor. Made from fine-grained, igneous rock. |
| Length | 10.6 cm |
| Width | 6.7 cm |
| Thickness | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-6693 - Old Museum Number | 20170 - ANSP Number | I 438 - Gottschall Number |
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