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Object Number 76-46-10/10950
Display Title Stone sinkers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone plummets, one is rounded at base and broken at the top, the other is tapered to a rounded point at the base and has a circular knob at the top
Classification
  • Plummet
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / Newburyport
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 7.3 × 4.5 × 4.4 cm (2 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 10,950

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