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Image Not Available for Stone fragment, carved with snake or turtle effigy and geometric designs
Stone fragment, carved with snake or turtle effigy and geometric designs
Image Not Available for Stone fragment, carved with snake or turtle effigy and geometric designs
Object Number 81-36-10/24879
Display Title Stone fragment, carved with snake or turtle effigy and geometric designs
Descriptions
Object Description Stone, natural form, rudely carved to represent a snake
Inventory Description Stone fragment, natural sandstone fragment, carved with snake or turtle effigy and geometric designs
Classification
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Winthrop
Additional Geographic Terms Boston Harbor, Shore of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 × 6.9 × 4.2 cm (4 × 2 11/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24879; Ploughed up on the S.E. point of / Winthrop, close to the shore Boston / Harbor. 1875 and kept for J.W. Thor / nton

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