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Object Number 2005.17.714
Display Title Metal, personal, copper button cover
Descriptions
Inventory Description Button cover
Classification
  • Button Cover
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard / Matthews Hall
Intrasite H610 L10
Materials Copper
Dimensions Overall: 0.4 x 1.2 cm (3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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