Chisel

40-25-16

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

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-25-16
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. Thin; faces parallel, sides nearly so; poll slanting; finely finished edge, convex.

Height 1.1 cm
Length 18.5 cm
Width 5.2 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940

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