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Object Number 987-22-10/112581
Display Title Ceramic, porcelain insulator fragment
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic, porcelain insulator fragment
Classification
  • Insulator
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H84-1
Materials Porcelain
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 × 2.4 × 0.7 cm (1 1/16 × 15/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H84-1

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