Knife
| Object Number: | 40-25-36 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Technique: | Chipped |
| Height: | 1 cm |
| Length: | 11.4 cm |
| Width: | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940 |
Description
Shale? Stem expanding from base [broken]; blade sharp shouldered, long triangular, with concave and convex face.
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