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Object Number 78-20-10/16060
Display Title Stone sinker (plumb-bob)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone plummets, one is rounded with losses at botton and circular knob at top with a green sticker, the other has a pointed bottom and the knob at top is bifurcated
Classification
  • Plummet
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 9 × 4.9 × 4 cm (3 9/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 16,060

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