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Fish spear
Object Number 2016.22.1354
Display Title Fish spear
Descriptions
Object Description Fish spear
Inventory Description Fish spear, black stone, elongated narrow triangular point, rounded end
Classification
  • Spear
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.7 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm (4 3/16 × 1 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.22.1354, OHIO, 1354
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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