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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
Materials
Bone, Cremation
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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