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Object Number 67-10-10/226
Display Title Indian war club, stone
Descriptions
Object Description "Indian war club," stone
Inventory Description Ground stone, long and flat with rounded edges and ends
Classification
  • Ground Stone
Department Archaeological
Date before 1861
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Plymouth County / Marshfield
Additional Geographic Terms Marshfield, Massachusetts
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 65 × 6.6 × 3.3 cm (25 9/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 226; 226; No. 226 / Deposited by Mass. Hist. Soc.
Provenance
Collector Miss M. A. Thomas (1861)
Donor Donated by Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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