Plummet
97-563-10704
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10704 |
| 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 four inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible. There are no discernable sides; the lithic is pear-shaped and crudely worked. The lithic is made from cobblestone, has a rough texture, and there is a post-excavation break at a small knob on the tip of the pear-shape. It is colored red, brown, and gray. |
| Height | 5.2 cm |
| Length | 9.9 cm |
| Width | 6.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10704 - Old Museum Number | 28772 - ANSP Number |
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