Plummet
| Object Number: | 97-563-10719 |
|---|---|
| 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: | Stone |
| Technique: | Pecked |
| Height: | 2.6 cm |
| Length: | 6.8 cm |
| Width: | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-10719 - Old Museum Number 28787 - ANSP Number |
Description
This object is a lithic and is 2 ¾ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible on one distinct face. The rest of the lithic is rounded and narrows to a knob at the tip. The lithic is pecked, weathered, and rough. The lithic is gray-brown in color with one white stain on the rounded part of the lithic.
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