Plummet
97-563-10716
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10716 |
| 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 2 ¾ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible and are placed on an exfoliated surface. There is a smaller exfoliated surface on the other face, which is rounded. The shape is irregular and narrows to a rounded tip on one end and a bulb with a shallow gouge around it on the other. The rounded face is gray with orange staining toward the rounded tip. The exfoliated face is gray. |
| Height | 2.6 cm |
| Length | 7 cm |
| Width | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10716 - Old Museum Number | 28784 - ANSP Number |
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