Plummet
97-563-10723
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10723 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Red Paint People |
| Provenience | North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | grave |
| Period | Late Archaic | Maritime Archaic | Moorehead Phase |
| Date Made | 3000 BCE - 1000 BCE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Pecked |
| Description | This object is a lithic and is 3 ½ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible on the base. There are two smooth and flat faces, which are the original faces of the stone, and the rest is pecked. The lithic is asymmetrical and narrows to a knob on one end. It is light gray and beige. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Length | 8.8 cm |
| Width | 3.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10723 - Old Museum Number | 28792 - ANSP Number |
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