Sharpening stone or knife, Braintree slate, drill hole?, pendant preform?

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Object Number 69-34-10/20360.2

Display Title Sharpening stone or knife, Braintree slate, drill hole?, pendant preform?

Descriptions

Object Description Chipped stone edged tools, biface, unfinshed with worked fragments

Inventory Description Chipped stone, edged tool, biface, unfinished

Classification

Biface

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 10.9 x 0.9 cm (3 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 20360.2

Provenance

Collector Henry David Thoreau

Donor Boston Society of Natural History (1869)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	69-34-10/20360.3	Chipped stone, biface or knife preforms, basalt	Biface	Massachusetts
	69-34-10/20360.1	Chipped stone, biface or knife preform, basalt	Raw Material Scraper	Massachusetts
	63-4-10/52552	Chipped stone, projectile point, lanceolate, preform; chipped stone, bifacially worked, preform	Lanceolate Projectile Point Biface	Turpin Archaeological District
Image Not Available for Stone cores or unfinished stone tools	78-39-10/14755	Stone cores or unfinished stone tools	Biface	Sedalia
	19-22-10/93649	Preforms	Biface Uniface Perforator	Shell heap
Image Not Available for Bifaces, uniface	15-53-10/91142	Bifaces, uniface	Biface	Kansas
	19-22-10/93384	Preforms	Biface	Shell heap
Image Not Available for Bifaces	78-52-10/15534	Bifaces	Biface	Peoria
	63-4-10/39762	Chipped stone, biface fragment; chipped stone, bifacially worked object, possible preform	Biface	Turpin Homestead Site; Ohio State Site # 33HA28 (105; 19)
	82-46-10/27718	Biface preforms	Biface	Trenton
Image Not Available for Fragments of biface implements of obsidian	40-80-10/22689	Fragments of biface implements of obsidian	Biface	Grants Series, Site 9
Image Not Available for Preforms and points	19-22-10/93102	Preforms and points	Biface	Shell heap

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