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40-25-20

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-25-20
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. Faces rough, one plain, on irregular; sides parallel for lower half; edge convex, slanted.

Height 2.8 cm
Length 25.4 cm
Width 6.3 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940

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