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Object Number 2016.22.438
Display Title Spearhead
Descriptions
Object Description Spearhead
Inventory Description Spearhead, triangle, rounded base
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Indiana
Materials Flint
Dimensions Overall: 10 × 4.7 × 1.2 cm (3 15/16 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.22.438; Ind.; 438; Flint Spearhead
Credit Line Gift of the Benjamin H. Bristol - Seth R. Boyden Artifact Collection from the Foxborough Historical Commission
Provenance
Owner Foxborough Historical Commission
Owner Benjamin H. Bristol
Collector Seth R. Boyden
Donor Donated by Foxborough Historical Commission (10/25/2016)

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