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Object Number 996-3-10/72859
Display Title Copper alloy wire wrapped in string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Copper alloy wire wrapped in string
Classification
  • Wire
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Brewhouse, see remarks
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm (2 1/4 × 1/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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Tube
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Sheet
Tinkler
Unidentified
Woven fabric
Hair
String
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Ohio?
Illinois?
Michigan?
Kentucky?
Indiana?
Minnesota?
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