Celt
97-563-10692
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10692 |
| 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 4 ⅘ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible. Because the edges are rounded, the numbers are partially on the edge and partially on the side. Both sides are fairly smooth and flat with signs of pecking throughout. The side with the numbers is gray with pale red staining and pecking prevalent toward the working edge. The other side is gray with less staining present. The working edge is rounded, ground smooth, and sharp. Opposite the working edge is a roughly textured edge that appears to have been broken off as part of the manufacturing process. |
| Length | 12.2 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width | 5.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Thickness | 2.1 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10692 - Old Museum Number | 28758 - ANSP Number |
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