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Object Number 84-6-10/34959
Display Title Grizzly bear tooth pendant.
Descriptions
Object Description Organic, tooth, canine and root, 3 perforations.
Inventory Description Organic, beaver teeth, canine and root, 3 perforations.
Classification
  • Bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Ross County / <City> / Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Intrasite Edwin Harness Mound; from the first and second excavations by the schoolboys
Additional Geographic Terms Liberty Township; Scioto River, 3 km east of, on second terrace
Materials Tooth
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm (3 1/2 x 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 34959
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (9/25/1884-10/12/1884)
Collector Dr. Charles L. Metz (9/25/1884-10/12/1884)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (11/01/1884)

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Grizzly bear tooth pendant.
84-6-10/34957 Grizzly bear tooth pendant.
Bone
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Grizzly bear teeth pendants, fragments.
84-6-10/34958 Grizzly bear teeth pendants, fragments.
Bone
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Ornament
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Bear tooth with two perforations
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Raw Material
Utilized bone
Trempealeau Mound Group
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71-19-40/5464 Bears teeth used for ornaments, drilled. Ursidae, teeth.
Ornament
Switzerland
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Ornament
St. Aubin
Image Not Available for Bear tooth with two perforations
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Utilized bone
Trempealeau County
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71-19-40/5109 Tooth pendant. Ursidae, teeth.
Ornament
Switzerland
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Ornament
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Bear tooth
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Faunal Remain
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Ornament
Switzerland