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Object Number 67-13-10/551
Display Title Stone chisel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone axe, triangular shape with blade edge on one end (with losses), and tapers to rounded end (with losses) on other side, losses across body
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / Amesbury
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 × 7.6 × 4 cm (8 1/16 × 3 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object No. 551 / Amesbury Mass. / Gift of D. S J. Balch

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