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Bone points
Object Number 19-22-10/93338
Display Title Bone points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked bone projectile points, four sewn onto a paper card
Classification
  • Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms Damariscotta River; Hog Island
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of longest): 8.8 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm (3 7/16 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 23
Label on object 93338
Provenance
Donor Donated by Arlo Bates (1919)
Donor Donated by Mr. Oric Bates (1919)

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Point
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