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Pearl beads
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Object Number 95-32-10/72790
Display Title Pearl beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pearl beads in vial, rounded and eccentric, white, chipped surface
Classification
  • Bead
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Hopewell
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Ross County / <City> / Hopewell Mound Group
Additional Geographic Terms Anderson Township
Materials Pearl
Dimensions Overall: 0.9 x 0.7 x 0.8 cm (3/8 x 1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 72790
Provenance
Provenance Dr. Warren King Moorehead (1891-1892)

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