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40-25-10

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-25-10
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. Cross section, plano-convex; poll blunt and battered; edge straight and nicked by use.

Height 3.5 cm
Length 17.1 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940

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