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40-25-15

From: United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-25-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Red Paint People
Provenience United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Locus cache [uncertain] | burial [uncertain] | near Oldtown
Period Late Archaic | Maritime Archaic | Moorehead Phase
Date Made 3000 BCE - 1000 BCE
Section American
Materials Shale
Description

Sandy shale. Thin; plano-convex toward poll which is broken; sides expanding to fine convex edge.

Height 2.4 cm
Length 18.5 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940

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