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Object Number 2016.22.537
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife
Inventory Description Knife, point, triangular, rounded other end, flat base
Classification
  • Knife
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Missouri
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 × 5.8 × 1.7 cm (4 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.22.537 / Quartz Spear / M. / 537
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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