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Plastic fragments including utensil handle and blue pen cap
Plastic fragments including utensil handle and blue pen cap
Object Number 2007.20.2261
Display Title Plastic fragments including utensil handle and blue pen cap
Descriptions
Inventory Description Plastic fragments including utensil handle and blue pen cap
Classification
  • Plastic
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H717L1
Materials Plastic
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 10.7 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm (4 3/16 × 5/8 × 1/8 in.)
Quantity 9

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Synthetic, plastics fragments including straw pen cap and push pin
987-22-10/112621 Synthetic, plastics fragments including straw pen cap and push pin
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Synthetic, plastic fragments including pen cap and wrapper
987-22-10/112670 Synthetic, plastic fragments including pen cap and wrapper
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Blue plastic fragment, possibly a pen cap
2011.14.1941 Blue plastic fragment, possibly a pen cap
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Miscellaneous grey, green, and white plastic fragments, including one utensil handle fragment
2014.14.1031 Miscellaneous grey, green, and white plastic fragments, including one utensil handle fragment
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Gray, white, black, yellow and green plastic fragments, 5 pen fragments, 13 cutlery fragments, 1 green drink cap fragment, 1 black shoe heel fragment, pale yellow fragment, black fragment
987-22-10/110127 Gray, white, black, yellow and green plastic fragments, 5 pen fragments, 13 cutlery fragments, 1 green drink cap fragment, 1 black shoe heel fragment, pale yellow fragment, black fragment
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Gold screw cap fragments, pink and white straw fragments, red pen cap fragments, colorless plastic fragments
987-22-10/109436 Gold screw cap fragments, pink and white straw fragments, red pen cap fragments, colorless plastic fragments
Plastic
Cap
Harvard Yard
Plastic fragments, including eating utensils, wrappers, etc.
987-22-10/112950 Plastic fragments, including eating utensils, wrappers, etc.
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Plastic, pen cap fragment
2007.20.2987 Plastic, pen cap fragment
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Plastic, black pen cap fragment
2007.20.463 Plastic, black pen cap fragment
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Collected from surface of 1986 excavation area; 17 White and tan cigarette filters, degraded; 2 metal alloy bottle caps, 1 Orangina, 1 Pepsi; 3 plastic flatware fragments; 15 clear, colorless plastic fragments; 2 ball point pens; White cotton twine fragments, lavendar polyester ribbon fragment, beige fabric bandage fragment; silver colored duct tape fragment; 3 metal alloy nail, 1 with yellow flagging tape; 1 shell fragment; 1 aqua flat glass fragment; 11 paper condiment packs; 16 white styrofoam packing peanut fragments; 12 gold and silver colored foil fragments; 19 paper fragments; 52 colorless cellophane fragments
987-22-10/110149 Collected from surface of 1986 excavation area; 17 White and tan cigarette filters, degraded; 2 metal alloy bottle caps, 1 Orangina, 1 Pepsi; 3 plastic flatware fragments; 15 clear, colorless plastic fragments; 2 ball point pens; White cotton twine fragments, lavendar polyester ribbon fragment, beige fabric bandage fragment; silver colored duct tape fragment; 3 metal alloy nail, 1 with yellow flagging tape; 1 shell fragment; 1 aqua flat glass fragment; 11 paper condiment packs; 16 white styrofoam packing peanut fragments; 12 gold and silver colored foil fragments; 19 paper fragments; 52 colorless cellophane fragments
Nail
Styrofoam
Organic
Plastic
Textile
Foil
Twine
Screwtop
Harvard Yard
20th century plastic debris, including a pen fragment
2009.9.444 20th century plastic debris, including a pen fragment
Plastic
Harvard Yard
Plastic, pen cap
2005.17.885 Plastic, pen cap
Plastic
Matthews Hall