Celt
97-563-10681
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10681 |
| 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 identified as a “axe blade” and is 10 ⅜ inches long. It is gray, flat, symmetrical, and has a thin broad working edge that narrows to a thicker, blunted bulb. It is likely, but not confirmed, pecked. It has a rough, uneven texture and is numbered on the back, and the numbers have been mostly obscured by the lacquer. It is covered in surface dirt. There is a thin layer of a reddish-brown substance on one of the long edges; it is unknown whether this is intentional pigment or soil. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Length | 26.4 cm |
| Width | 8.9 cm |
| Thickness | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10681 - Old Museum Number | 28747 - ANSP Number |
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