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Object Number 19-22-10/93283
Display Title Ground stone/whet stone
Descriptions
Object Description Skinning stone.
Inventory Description Ground stone, rounded at both ends, wedge shaped along length
Classification
  • Ground Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Washington County / East Machias / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms Holme's Bay
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 14.3 × 5 × 2.5 cm (5 5/8 × 1 15/16 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 93283; m26
Provenance
Donor Donated by Arlo Bates (1919)
Donor Donated by Mr. Oric Bates (1919)

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