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Object Number 980-3-10/104323
Display Title Copper alloy latten spoon fragment
Descriptions
Inventory Description Copper alloy latten spoon fragment
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Archaeological
Date late 17th Century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Unit 25 northwest quad, 20-30 cm
Materials Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 11.2 × 4.7 × 0.4 cm (4 7/16 × 1 7/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 92W.25A.0.5/6; F.43M.36/B3D
Credit Line Harvard Yard Excavations, 1979-1980
Provenance
Collector Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Harvard University (1979)
Owner Harvard University (1980)

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