Plummet
97-563-10722
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10722 |
| 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 | Stone |
| Technique | Pecked |
| Description | This object is a lithic and is 2 ⅘ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible and are on the surface of a chipped area. It is asymmetrical, ovular, and narrows to a knob with a thin gouge around it on the end. There is a chip in the rounded surface, where the number is present. It is light brown with a small amount of red staining at the base. |
| Height | 2.6 cm |
| Length | 7.3 cm |
| Width | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10722 - Old Museum Number | 28791 - ANSP Number |
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