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Object Number 15-45-10/90586
Display Title Broken ground stone tool
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone adze, end opposite blade is broken, some polish on surface
Classification
  • Adze
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Knox County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms North Haven
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 × 6.5 × 3.6 cm (3 1/8 × 2 9/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 90586
Provenance
Collector Francis A. Harding
Donor Donated by Francis A. Harding (1915)

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