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June M. Ratcliffe Native American Tools Collection

RA2006.6.1


Two stone tools, [top] 11" x 1.5" ; [bottom] 13.5" x 2"
Title June M. Ratcliffe Native American Tools Collection
Creator June M. Ratcliffe (collector)
Subject Keyword Native Americans ; craft ; archaeology ; Buncombe County history ; mortar ; pestle ; material culture ;
Subject LCSH Cherokee Indians -- Antiquities
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Antiquities
Indian craft
Indians -- Material culture
Description Two pestles [?] or 'grinding stones' of unknown provenance. One is a well-shaped 11" tool of approximately 1.5" diameter. The second is a striated granite tool that is less defined in intention, but shows wear at both ends of the long stone.
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Susan C. Wright
Date Date digital: 2006-11-06
Type Collection ; artifact ;
Format Stone implement 11" L. x 1.5" diameter, well-shaped rounded form ; Stone implement of striated granite 13.5" L x 2" W, worn on both ends.
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/realia/ratcliffe_native_american/ratcliffe_native_american.htm
Source RA2006.6.1 [location in collection]
Language English
Relation The Indian Path in Buncombe County, by Dr. Gail [Gaillard] Tennent (1940's ?, privately printed.)
Coverage Historic Cherokee[?]  ; Asheville, NC ; Western North Carolina
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor June M. Ratcliffe ; Donor no. 294
Acquisition 2006-11-06
Citation June M. Ratcliffe Native American Tools Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, 2006