Stone tool: sandstone whetstone
Piece of purplish-brown sandstone, used as rubbing stone; traces of copper on four sides.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_36-4-79
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_36-4-79; 36-4-79
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
- Entry Date
- 04/29/1936
- Title
- Stone tool: sandstone whetstone
- Medium
- Sandstone
- Dimensions
- Width: 8 cm Length: 12 cm Thickness: 6 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2407 W2, [shaft debris]
- Remarks
- G 2407 had shaft W and shaft W2 (see diary Vol.28.p.308 and Vol.28.p.311).