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Image Not Available for Unworked flint nodules, round
Unworked flint nodules, round
Image Not Available for Unworked flint nodules, round
Object Number 01-36-10/48622
Display Title Unworked flint nodules, round
Descriptions
Object Description Unworked flint nodules, round
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Illinois / Union County / <City> / Mill Creek Quarry
Quantity 2
Provenance
Collector W. A. Phillips (1899)
Collector George A. Dorsey (1899)
Donor Donated by Field Museum of Natural History (1901)

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