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| Object Number: | 97-563-10695 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 3.9 cm |
| Length: | 23.3 cm |
| Width: | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-563-10695 - Old Museum Number 28761 - ANSP Number |
Description
This object is a lithic and is 9 ⅕ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible on a rounded, long edge. There is one flat face and one rounded face, described in the Catalogue Card as plano-convex. The stone is not a uniform color but has streaks of brown, beige, gray, and white on both the flat and rounded faces. The rounded face is stained with a red color, presumably iron. The working edge is curved and worn very smooth. The lithic overall is grooved in the same direction as the streaks of color.
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