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Bone point
Object Number 69-40-10/40242
Display Title Bone point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Faunal remain, bone point or awl, sharpened to a point at one end, cut flat at the other, additional cut mark on the middle
Classification
  • Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms Plum Island
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 7.1 × 1 × 0.6 cm (2 13/16 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40242; Plum Island
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. A. Swan (1869)
Donor Rev. J. A. Swan (1869)

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