Celt
97-563-10691
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10691 |
| 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 6 ½ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible and placed on a rounded, long edge. Pecking is prevalent throughout the lithic, but especially visible on the rounded edges. One side is flat, and the other is rounded. The flat side is gray and stained red and orange, and the rounded side is gray. The working edge is smooth and sharp. |
| Height | 2.6 cm |
| Length | 16.7 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10691 - Old Museum Number | 28757 - ANSP Number |
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