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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 313
- Date of Photo
- ca. 1948
- World Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- State/Province
- Ohio
- County/District
- Ross
- Archaeological Site Name
- Harness Mound
- Period
- Middle Woodland
- Culture
- Hopewell
- Description
- engraved bone -- Harness Mound.
- Decorated bone, possibly from a bear, is very pale brown and gray in color. Sculpted in low relief on the bone are a raven's head and a stylized hand or feathers. The areas in negative relief were painted yellowish red. Each end of the bone has holes drilled on either side and the bone has been hollowed out. There is some pitting and discoloration on the bird's head. -(from Ohio Historical Society website)
- Source Type Detail
- Museum: Ohio State Museum :: photographer_original
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4544 x 3007
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1593
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-1593/1593
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"engraved bone -- Harness Mound. ; ; Decorated bone, possibly from a bear, is very pale brown and gray in color. Sculpted in low relief on the bone are a raven's head and a stylized hand or feathers. The areas in negative relief were painted yellowish red. Each end of the bone has holes drilled on either side and the bone has been hollowed out. There is some pitting and discoloration on the bird's head. -(from Ohio Historical Society website)". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-1593/1593. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 12, 2024.