Point

97-563-5824

From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Bainbridge (Pennsylvania)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-563-5824
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Bainbridge (Pennsylvania)
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rhyolite (uncertain)
Description

Probably re-worked Susquehanna type of spear point. Elongated blade with lower, re-worked edges nearly parallel; upper edges evidently re-worked into point or perforator; asymmetric shoulders; expanded stem, concave base; all of basal portions smoothed up to shoulders.

Length 5.1 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-563-5824 - Old Museum Number | 14198 - ANSP Number | 1144 - Other Number

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