Plummet
97-563-10705
From: North America | United States of America | Maine | Hancock County (Maine) | Mount Desert (uncertain) | Blue Hill (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-10705 |
| 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 2 ¾ inches long. Both the ANSP and loan numbers are visible and are placed on a face near the base of the lithic. There are three faces, and a cross-section would create an equilateral triangle. The lithic narrows to a rounded tip that has been gouged around all faces of the object. It is crudely formed, likely made from cobblestone, and has red pigment adhering to the stone. There is one deep, stained divot near the base and one divot near the tip stained yellow. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Length | 7 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-10705 - Old Museum Number | 28773 - ANSP Number |
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