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North American, Native American
Loaf-Stone, between 1000 BCE and 600 CE
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Artist North American, Native American
Title
  • Loaf-Stone
Date between 1000 BCE and 600 CE
Medium slate
Dimensions Overall: 1 5/8 × 3/4 × 3/8 inches (4.1 × 1.9 × 1 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Marygrove College
Accession Number 52.224.23
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Provenance
Marygove College (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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