Plummet
| Object Number: | 97-563-10715 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 2.5 cm |
| Length: | 6.4 cm |
| Width: | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-10715 - Old Museum Number 28783 - ANSP Number |
Description
This object is a lithic and is 2 ½ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible, but dark and difficult to see. It is gray, irregular in shape, and narrows to a bulb with a small gouge around it. There are two main faces, but neither are flat. On one face, faint chisel marks appear in the form of thin, straight gouges running lengthwise. On the other face, there are three shallow pits in the base, and several other small divots.
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