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Blue-on-white hand-painted pearlware sherd
Blue-on-white hand-painted pearlware sherd
Object Number 2011.14.1439
Display Title Blue-on-white hand-painted pearlware sherd
Descriptions
Inventory Description Blue-on-white hand-painted pearlware sherd
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H908 Level 6
Materials Pearlware
Dimensions Overall: 1.4 x 1.3 x 0.1 cm (9/16 x 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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