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Object Number 82-35-10/29805.0
Display Title Incised gorget fashioned from human bone
Descriptions
Object Description Fragmentary cranial human remains of an adult of unknown sex.
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Date 200 B.C.- A.D. 400
Culture
  • Hopewell
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
Label on object 29805
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1882)
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1882)
Collector Dr. Charles L. Metz (1882)

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