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Object Number 34-119-10/100561.1.165
Display Title Artificially deformed head (skull)
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Lamar County, Texas. 34-119. / T. M. Sanders / All heads from Sanders Place / artificially deformed. / Gift of J. E. Pearce, Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
  • Human Remains
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Skull
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1934
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Texas / Lamar County / <City> / Sanders place
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. James Edwin Pearce

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34-119-10/100561.1.164 Artificially deformed head (skull)
Sanders place
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34-119-10/100561.1.175 Profile view of skull number 6
Sanders site
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34-119-10/100561.1.174 Profile view of skull number 6
Sanders site
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34-119-10/100561.1.171 Profile view of skull - frontal deformation
TM Sanders farm
Earthenware pipes from various Texan sites
34-119-10/100561.1.231 Earthenware pipes from various Texan sites
Texas
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34-119-10/100561.1.91 View of skull from overhead looking down
Sanders site
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34-119-10/100561.1.92 Profile view of skull
Sanders site
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34-119-10/100561.1.170 Profile view of skull number 4
TM Sanders farm
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34-119-10/100561.1.173 Back view of skull, burial B-15
Sanders site
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34-119-10/100561.1.172 Frontal view of skull
TM Sanders farm
Interior of small bowl, note scalloped or saw-toothed edge of vessel
34-119-10/100561.1.155 Interior of small bowl, note scalloped or saw-toothed edge of vessel
HE Womach farm
Head ornament made from columelia of the conch shell
34-119-10/100561.1.163 Head ornament made from columelia of the conch shell
Sanders site