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40-25-8
From: United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-25-8 |
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 | Fine-grained sandy shale. Cross section, low plano-convex; edge convex, finely polished on both faces and nicked. |
Height | 1.9 cm |
Length | 8.5 cm |
Width | 5.2 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940 |
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