Plummet
97-563-10718
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-563-10718 |
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 | Serpentine |
Technique | Pecked |
Description | This object is a lithic and is three inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible on the base. There are no discernable faces; the lithic is uniformly rounded and pecked throughout. It narrows to an irregularly shaped knob at the tip with a wide gouge around it. It is greenish-gray in color with orange stains concentrated on the knob. |
Height | 3.5 cm |
Length | 7.7 cm |
Width | 3.9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-563-10718 - Old Museum Number | 28786 - ANSP Number |
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