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Knight Mounds -- 2 small mica sheets, beaver incisor, 3 raccoon penis bones.
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35mm slide: 173
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: ; : ; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Top: Bone bilaterally- symmetrically barbed dart point (Atka). Bottom: Ochre point stick. (no UMMA #)
Date of Photo
Feb. 1983
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35mm slide: 17876
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: ; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Top: Bone bilaterally- symmetrically barbed dart point (Atka). Bottom: Ochre point stick. (no UMMA #)
Date of Photo
Feb. 1983
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35mm slide: 17877
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: ; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Coiled one rod basket tube which was coated on the outside with a carefully fitted mosaic of 1500 turquoise pieces, orange colored rodent teeth ground down to fit, red argillite rectangles and a few narrow black stone inlays. May have been used as ornamental arm bands.
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35mm slide: 1738
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: ; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Accessory; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Stone

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Personal adornment of Hohokam.
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35mm slide: 3655
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: ; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Furnishings and Furniture; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Text/Graphic/Model: Artifact Illustration

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West Virginia. New Martinsville. Natrium Mound artifacts. Image dated 1949.
Date of Photo
1953
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35mm slide: 12560
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: ; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Stone

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Amaknak #1 Site. Bone awls, pins, and miscellaneous. Left to right: 42583, 42414, 42719, 42771- awls. 42710, 42584, 42815- pins. 42882- awl (?). 42324- whetstone. 42438- Ivory plug (?). 42555- sea mammal bone, pointed bone object. 42735- zoomorphic wooden object.
Date of Photo
Dec. 1982
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35mm slide: 17790
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: ; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Botanical; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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Amaknak #1 Site. Bone awls, pins, and miscellaneous. Left to right: 42583, 42414, 42719 (note ochre in point), 42771- awls. 42710, 42584, 42815- pins. 42882- awl. 42324- whetstone. 42438- Ivory plug. 42555- sea mammal bone, pointed bone object. 42735- zoomorphic wooden object.
Date of Photo
Dec. 1982
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35mm slide: 17791
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: ; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Botanical; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Jaketown Site, Humphreys County, Mississippi. Typical Poverty Point. Miscellaneous bone, quartz, beads, hematite, steatite.
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35mm slide: 28656
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: ; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Stone

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Bone awls, large flint blade and mica sheet, Rising Sun.
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35mm slide: 1613
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: ; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone
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Pueblo Bonito; scrapers made from deer humerus - inlaid with shell, jet and turquoise.
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35mm slide: 11121
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: ; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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West Virginia Archaic complex artifacts. W. Harris collection from East Steubenville site (46-Br-31) -- red ochre, hematite concretion showing polish, plain and notched awls, longitudinally split perforated stem point of bone which has been reworked into awl.
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35mm slide: 3760
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: ; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Graphite on polished red pottery from tombs 11& 13 . Yagul, Oaxaca.
Date of Photo
Summer 1955
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35mm slide: 8483
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Material: Ceramic; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Conical soft-stone bowl with shell inlay in bitumen. Uruk-Jemdet Nasr periods (3800-2500 BC). (HW34).
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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85A: Reverse of Fig. 85 (slide #1245) 86: Small copper spoon with a little bird at its end. It measures 8 centimeters.
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35mm slide: 1246
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Food Preparation and Consumption; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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This is the most beautiful of the pieces with a little spoon called "Tablillas de Ofrendas". As far as I know, only three specimens of these tablets have been found: One is in the Ethnologic Museum of Buenos Aires and the other two are in the Hildeshein Romermuseum. This most valuable archeological piece was found in Tiahuanaco. These pieces were used in certain cult practices, but their specific object has not been found out. Posnansky is of th
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35mm slide: 1245
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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Mound City, Ohio -- mica effigy human hand - Hopewell grave.
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35mm slide: 333
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Big boy effigy pipe. Height: ca. 11". Spiro Mounds, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Probably of Bauxite. Now in the University of Arkansas Collection.
Date of Photo
1985
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35mm slide: 27559
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Middle Woodland artifacts, plaques. Unknown Museum Collections.
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35mm slide: 29521
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Pyrite-incrusted plaque with carved back. The drawing is correct in showing six curved elements upon the altar although in the photograph three appear, because of the direction from which the light falls it appears to be but four.
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35mm slide: 866
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Mineral; Text/Graphic/Model: Reconstruction
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Bone and stone objects inlaid with turquoise.
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35mm slide: 1727
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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Turquoise mosaic objects from Hawikuh, New Mexico
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35mm slide: 1650
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Turquoise mosaic objects from Hawikuh, New Mexico
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35mm slide: 1651
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Hopewell Group, Ross County, Ohio. Effigies of human figure in mica from Mound 25. Figure 146.
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35mm slide: 8186
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Ohio, Turner Mound, Mica horned serpent from Alter 1, Mound 4.
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17060
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Middle Woodland artifacts, artwork. Unknown Museum Collections.
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35mm slide: 29500
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Middle Woodland artifacts, artwork. Unknown Museum Collections.
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35mm slide: 29527
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Middle Woodland artifacts, artwork. Unknown Museum Collections.
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35mm slide: 29528
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Middle Woodland artifacts, artwork. Unknown Museum Collections.
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35mm slide: 29548
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Art: Portable object; Artifact Material: Mineral

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West Virginia Archaic complex artifacts. E. W. Fetzer collection from Half Moon site (46-Br-29) -- 3 unfinished crescent bannerstones, hematite plummet, hematite sphere, grooved atlatl wt., pebble bannerstone.
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35mm slide: 3755
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Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone
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44717- Bidarka part. 42383- Amoknak Isand, digger. 44724- Knife handle with spruce (?) root lashing. 44512- Tying ring for bidarka. 44723- compound socket piece (half). 44723- compound socket piece (half). 44722- birch bark roll, 44719- Bidarka rib w/ ochre. Whip Island, Lash Bay
Date of Photo
Dec. 1982
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35mm slide: 17808
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Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Transport; Artifact Material: Botanical; Artifact Material: Botanical; Artifact Material: Botanical; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Late Chalcolithic artifact, bitumen-dipped wall cones. (Original teaching slide code: KK-17)
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35mm slide: 20519
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Artifact Function: Architecture; Artifact Material: Ceramic; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Muskalonge Lake, Site #1, New York. Offerings from Feature #6.
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35mm slide: 9605
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Artifact Function: Armour and Weapons: Weapon; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; A

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Biconical clay objects - 9, 10, 11, 12; Polishers - 4, 5, 7, 8; Miniature vessels - 2, 3, 6; Chalk cylinder - 1.
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35mm slide: 5665
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Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Ceramic; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Bedford Mound Group (Pk o 459), Illinois. Detail of Cassis shell and mica plates.
Date of Photo
Aug. 1955
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35mm slide: 6926
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Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Bedford Mound Group (Pk o 459), Illinois. Burial pit area with Cassis shell and mica plates.
Date of Photo
Aug. 1955
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35mm slide: 6924
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Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Feature: Burial/cremation(s)

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Bedford Mound Group (Pk o 462), Illinois. Burial pit area with Cassis shell and mica plates.
Date of Photo
Aug. 1955
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35mm slide: 6925
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Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Feature: Burial/cremation(s)

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Collar, formed of strands in turn of turquoise, coral, jade & gold beads, terminating in a row of gold beads alternating with bells; gold bracelet right foreground; 2 rings left foreground. Mixtec Tomb 7. Monte Alban V, Mixtec.
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35mm slide: 6029
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Music: Percussion Instrument; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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Ornamentation.
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35mm slide: 3699
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Text/Graphic/Model: Artifact Illustration

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Pueblo Bonito; jet finger rings, turquoise pendants, and a necklace.
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35mm slide: 11120
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone
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West Virginia. New Martinsville. Natrium Mound artifacts. Image dated 1949.
Date of Photo
1953
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35mm slide: 12556
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Textile

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Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona. Turquoise and red argillite mosaic pendant with beads in Tuzigoot museum. Southwestern Monuments Association slide S-105.
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35mm slide: 4240
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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Fig. 54. Copper pectoral disc. Its repousse mask has a pointed frieze and a central point. They used to wear these discs hanging from the neck; sometimes they were made out of leather, and others of metal. They called this disc "Walkanta" and this is 9 centimeters in diameter. Fig. 55. Necklace formed by turquoise beads in different sizes; it is threaded in double threads and joined by little golden repousse plates alternating with mother-of-pea
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35mm slide: 1242
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Pueblo Bonito, turquoise necklace and ear bobs.
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35mm slide: 11119
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Mineral

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7. Mummy mask or Huaco-picture. Its skull is depressed. The skull transformations were practiced by the Aruwake and Colla Indians since before the first Tiahuanaco epoch. Professor Posnansky says in his "Antropologia y Sociologia de las Razas Interandinas" that these Indians changed the natural shape of their craniums in order to differentiate the castes and races. These deformations were made by means of boards and bindings applied to the newly
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35mm slide: 1252
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Ceramic; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Hematite pyramids, beads, projectile points. Rhodes River Site, Maryland Adena type.
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35mm slide: 5755
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Unassigned; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone

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Cahokia shell disc beads and 2 feldspar beads, cemetery, Titterington Collection.
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35mm slide: 1583
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona. Red shell pendant with turquoise inlay center in Tuzigoot museum. Southwestern Monuments Association slide S-106.
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35mm slide: 4241
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Turquoise and coral necklaces. Arizona State Museum (no number).
Date of Photo
Jan. 1940
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35mm slide: 4896
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Mineral

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Composite ornaments, the parts of which were bound together with lac.
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35mm slide: 1740
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Artifact Function: Dress and Personal Adornment: Jewelry; Artifact Material: Botanical; Artifact Material: Mineral
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