hammerstone

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Object Type
Museum number: Am,S.433
Description: Hammerstone, sperical in shape, made of stone
Excavator/field collector: Field Collection by: Ephraim George Squier; Field Collection by: Edwin Hamilton Davis; Field Collection by: William Henry Blackmore (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: USA
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 6.40 centimetres; Width: 5.70 centimetres; Depth: 6.10 centimetres
Curator's comments: This object may not be part of the Squier and Davis collection. The label bearing William Blackmore's initials, dated 1871, attached to the object and lack of marking to suggest it was excavated or collected by Squier or Davis, makes this more likely to have been part of an early collection by Blackmore from his time in America. This would later enter Blackmore's museum in Salisbury, the collection from which was ultimately acquired by the British Museum.
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1931
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am,S.433
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Am1931E1.433 (old CDMS no.)

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