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40-25-12
From: United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 40-25-12 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Red Paint People |
| Provenience | United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | cache [uncertain] | burial [uncertain] | near Oldtown |
| Period | Late Archaic | Maritime Archaic | Moorehead Phase |
| Date Made | 3000 BCE - 1000 BCE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Shale |
| Description | Sandy shale. Cross section, sub-quadrangular; one side and one face flatter; poll abruptly pointed; edge beautifully curved. |
| Height | 3.5 cm |
| Length | 24 cm |
| Width | 5.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940 |
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