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97-563-10695
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10695 |
| 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 9 ⅕ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible on a rounded, long edge. There is one flat face and one rounded face, described in the Catalogue Card as plano-convex. The stone is not a uniform color but has streaks of brown, beige, gray, and white on both the flat and rounded faces. The rounded face is stained with a red color, presumably iron. The working edge is curved and worn very smooth. The lithic overall is grooved in the same direction as the streaks of color. |
| Height | 3.9 cm |
| Length | 23.3 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10695 - Old Museum Number | 28761 - ANSP Number |
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