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Plumb bob

about 1340
Object PlaceBetween Matamoras and Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueStone
Dimensions6.98 x 2.22 x 1.59 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Credit LineAmerican Decorative Arts Curator's Fund
Accession number1993.620
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
Provenance1962, excavated on the property of Marie Zimmermann (36-Pi-14), in the area of the proposed Tocks Island Reservoir between Matamoras and Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania and acquired by Lyman Vandermark (b. 1909 - d. 1978), Port Jervis, NY [see note]; sold by Vandermark's widow to Glenn Del Gaizo, Stockholm, NJ; 1993, sold by Glenn Del Gaizo to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 27, 1993)

NOTE: This excavation, led by Lenape Chapter 12 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, is discussed by David J. Werner, "The Zimmermann Site: 36-Pi-14," in Archeology in the Upper Delaware Valley, by W. Fred Kinsey, III (Harrisburg, PA, 1972), pp. 55-130. Lyman Vandermark assisted at the site.
Unknown Native American, Mapuche culture
19th century
Simon Shaimaiyuk
about 1973
Pounding tool
A.D. 1200–1521
Caroline Schetky Richardson
about 1820–30
Caroline Schetky Richardson
about 1820–30
"Rombic" lamp base, shape 224
Reuben Haley
designed 1928; manufactured 1928–1930
Unidentified artist
about 1850