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Stone chisel
Object Number 67-10-10/215
Display Title Stone chisel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone, chisel, one end tapers to broad edge, opposite end narrows and rounds, rectangular discoloration on both sides possibly due to glue residue
Classification
  • Chisel
Department Archaeological
Date before 1864
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Roxbury
Additional Geographic Terms Canterbury, in West Roxbury, near the northern boundary line of the Mount Hope Cemetery
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm (6 1/2 × 1 × 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 215 / M.H.S
Provenance
Collector Samuel Whittemore (1864)
Donor Donated by Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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