Plummet
97-563-10713
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10713 |
| 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 three inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible on one flat face. The rest of the lithic is chipped, pecked, and rounded. The lithic is asymmetrical and narrows to a rounded tip on one end and a knob with a gouge around it on the other. There are irregular and random smooth patches on the lithic; one near the knob, and another near the base. The lithic is brownish-gray on the flat face and brownish-gray speckled with pink and white stains on the rounded parts. |
| Height | 3.1 cm |
| Length | 8 cm |
| Width | 4.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10713 - Old Museum Number | 28781 - ANSP Number |
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