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Object Number 67-2-10/33
Display Title Stone sinker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone, plummet, teardrop shaped, small rounded element on narrow end formed by single groove
Classification
  • Plummet
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Brighton
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm (2 5/8 × 2 × 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (?)
Donor Harvard College (1867)

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