Shell beads, some ovoid, some discoidal, some tubular, some flared tubes; some strung on string; burned and calcined

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Object Number 82-35-10/29746

Display Title Shell beads, some ovoid, some discoidal, some tubular, some flared tubes; some strung on string; burned and calcined

Descriptions

Object Description Shell beads, large.

Inventory Description Shell beads, some ovoid, some discoidal, some tubular, some flared tubes; some strung on string; burned and calcined

Classification

Bead

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26

Intrasite Mound 3, altar

Additional Geographic Terms South bank of Little Miami River, 8 miles from junction with Ohio River

Materials Shell

Dimensions Overall (Measurements of largest): 2.8 × 1 × 0.8 cm (1 1/8 × 3/8 × 5/16 in.)

Quantity 16

Label on object 29746

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1882)

Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1882)

Collector Dr. Charles L. Metz (1882)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	82-35-10/29745	Shell beads and bead fragments, some ovoid, some tubular, some discoidal; burned and calcined	Bead	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
	82-35-10/29744	Shell beads, ovoid, tubular, discoidal, and fragments, burned and calcined; some with copper and iron adhered	Bead	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
	82-35-10/29743	Round shell beads, some strung on wire, some burned and calcined	Bead	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
	82-35-10/29739	Perforated shell beads, many burned or calcined, some with two holes, some tubular, some with copper staining, some with iron staining; perforated animal tooth; copper fragment	Bead Ornament	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
	01-38-10/68045	Metal, copper alloy rolled beads, tubular, strung on string, some joined with wire; rolled copper alloy tube fragment, possible bracelet fragment, one end with modern cut	Tube String Bead	Madisonville
	82-35-10/29751	Shell beads, discoidal and round, some with copper and iron staining, some strung on wire; one round possible metal bead	Bead Bead	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
	82-35-10/29749	Round shell beads and bead fragments, burned and calcined, some with copper and iron staining	Bead	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
	28-1-20/C10533	Shell beads, discoidal & tubular, some irr greenstone beads, on copper wire	Bead	Mexico
	82-35-10/111962	Shell beads, ovoid, discoidal, round, tubular, burned and calcined	Bead	Ohio?
	51-25-20/20329	Tubular gorgets(?) of bone and pendant of shell(?), some tubes fragmentary	Shaft, modified	Venado Beach
	2000.1.396	Shell beads, some strung after excavation on white twine	Bead	North America
Image Not Available for Shell and glass beads, some strung together, shell fragments and bone fragments	985-27-10/76305	Shell and glass beads, some strung together, shell fragments and bone fragments	Bead	United States

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