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Mica pieces from Mound 3.
Object Number 2004.29.2311.38
Display Title Mica pieces from Mound 3.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ohio. Turner Group. Cut from Mica, Altar of Mound 3, Turner Group, (A) nat. size. Little Miami Valley, Ohio. / Pho. 1651 / [verso] H.W. Whitney, Photographer, Central Sq., Cambridgeport, Mass."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Worked and Unspecified Material
Subject
  • worked
  • Mica
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1899
Artist Horace Webster Whitney
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Intrasite Mound 4; altar
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 x 24.13 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

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Cut from mica- dark parts show red paint.
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Sheet of mica.
2004.29.2311.54 Sheet of mica.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Unknown object, possibly taken from one of the mounds at Turner Group
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Pieces cut from mica.
2004.29.2311.40 Pieces cut from mica.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Second largest sheet of mica. 13x16 1/2 inches.
2004.29.2311.56 Second largest sheet of mica. 13x16 1/2 inches.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Carved stone disc
2004.29.2401 Carved stone disc
Tennessee
Carved shell found with skeleton in mound
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Mound M; Bank Harrison River
Piece cut from mica.
2004.29.2311.41 Piece cut from mica.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Third and smallest sheet of mica, worked.
2004.29.2311.55 Third and smallest sheet of mica, worked.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Pieces of worked copper found in altar of mound 3.
2004.29.2311.33 Pieces of worked copper found in altar of mound 3.
Ohio
Pieles (copper bracelets covered with silver) two pieces of gold, and silver
2004.29.2311.35 Pieles (copper bracelets covered with silver) two pieces of gold, and silver
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Pieces cut from hammered sheets of native copper.
2004.29.2311.31 Pieces cut from hammered sheets of native copper.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26