Knife

40-25-40

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-25-40
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 Quartzite
Technique Chipped
Description

Quartzite. Thin flake with expanding stem and triangular blade. Irregular edges chipped on one face only.

Height 0.6 cm
Length 6.8 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940

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