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Object Number 36-25-10/99561
Display Title Organic wood fish weir fragments
Descriptions
Object Description Organic wood fish weir fragments
Inventory Description Organic, wood, fish weir fragments, various sizes
Classification
  • Wood
Department Archaeological
Date 3350 - 1750 BC
Culture
  • Archaic (US)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
Additional Geographic Terms Near core of subway; Boylston St.
Materials Wood
Quantity 2
Provenance
Collector Workmen in subway excavation (06/11/1913)
Donor Donated by Bostonian Society, Old State House (02/18/1936)

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