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40-25-3

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-25-3
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 Stone
Description

Fine-grained sandy shale. Poll tapering; median cross section, high plano-convex; concavity very slight in lower third; edge fine, convex.

Height 4.2 cm
Length 20.9 cm
Width 4.4 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940

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