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| Object Number: | 97-563-10689 |
|---|---|
| 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: | Serpentine |
| Technique: | Pecked |
| Height: | 3.1 cm |
| Length: | 15.8 cm |
| Width: | 5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-10689 - Old Museum Number 28755 - ANSP Number |
Description
This object is a lithic and is 6 ⅕ inches long. The Catalogue Card describes the material as serpentine, but it is unconfirmed. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible and have been written on a rounded edge further from the working edge. One side is flat, while the other is rounded. The working edge is the only smooth and sharp edge on the lithic; all the other edges are rounded and chipped. The rounded edges converge to a point opposite the working edge. The flat and rounded sides are pale gray with light brown staining.
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