Adze Blade
| Object Number: | 97-563-10687 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Red Paint People |
| Provenience: | 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 |
| Height: | 2.2 cm |
| Length: | 18.6 cm |
| Width: | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-10687 - Old Museum Number 28753 - ANSP Number |
Description
This object is a lithic and is 7 ⅓ inches long. The Catalogue Card describes the material as serpentine, but it is unconfirmed. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible. The lithic is smooth. The numbered side is beige and relatively flat but pecked and weathered. The other side is primarily beige with yellow undertones. It is rounded and pecked, and less weathered. Soil has collected on both sides’ divots.
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