Piece of prehistoric fish weir

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Object Number 36-25-10/5347.4

Display Title Piece of prehistoric fish weir

Descriptions

Inventory Description Organic, wood, fish weir fragment, tied together with string

Classification

Raw Material
Tool

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston

Additional Geographic Terms Near core of subway; Boylston St.

Materials Wood, Cotton

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-25-10/5347.4

Credit Line Gift of The Bostonian Society, Old State House, 1936

Provenance

Provenance Unknown (1913)

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