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40-25-9
From: United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-25-9 |
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, showing fine striations of the rasp. Double-ended tool: broader end with convex edge, bevelled from both faces; narrower end with one concave face, ending in short bevel and nearly straight edge. |
Height | 2.5 cm |
Length | 22.3 cm |
Width | 5.7 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940 |
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