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Object Number 67-13-10/562
Display Title Stone sinker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone plummet, tubular like a pestle, one end is rounded, the opposite end has constricted circular knob
Classification
  • Plummet
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / Amesbury
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 × 5.2 × 4.6 cm (9 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 562 / DSJB; 562; No. 562 / New England / Gift of D.S.J. Balch

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