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Object Number
79-4-10/19643
Display Title
Stone ornament, catlinite.
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone ornament - catlinite
Inventory Description
Ground stone gorget, catlinite, 1 perforation, incised edges, scratched
Classification
- Gorget
Department
Archaeological
Date
2000 BC-500 BC
Culture
- Late Archaic Period
- Early Woodland Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Missouri
/
Platte County
/
<City>
/
Wolf Den Ridge Earth Mound
Additional Geographic Terms
19613, 1 mile from; Gibbon's Farm; Mound II
Materials
Catlinite
Dimensions
Overall: 6.3 x 6.8 x 1.3 cm (2 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
19.643
Provenance
Collector
Edwin Curtiss
(1879)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1879)
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