Plummet
| Object Number: | 97-563-10707 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Height: | 3.2 cm |
| Length: | 6.8 cm |
| Width: | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-10707 - Old Museum Number 28775 - ANSP Number |
Description
This object is a lithic and is 2 ⅗ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible but difficult to read. There three faces, one of which is smoother and flatter than the other two. A knob protrudes where the three faces converge. It is brownish-gray with a small amount of red staining on the edges.
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