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Showing results for the phrase "Book Citation: "The Burial Complexes of the Knight and Norton Mounds in Illinois and Michigan," James B. Griffin, Richard E. Flanders, and Paul F. Titterington; Fig. 39, p. 182. In: Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, No. 2. Ann Arbor: Museum of Anthropology, 1970" in Source Type Detail.
- Description
- Crown areas and length/breadth index. Ranges of size and shape of mandibular teeth in the H. habilis from Bed I and the hominine from lower Bed II compared with those of Australopithecus africanus. Left: crown areas (mm sq.). Right: the length of the tooth expressed as a percentage of the breadth. The cheek teeth (premolars and molars) of the hominines have higher indices because they are elongated and lack the characteristic australopithecine bro
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11322
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 9, p. 30. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.
- Description
- Small hand broom
- wooden handle
- head probably made of palm
- head bound in two locations with strips of metal
- contributed by Eval Bernard, April 14, 2002
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 13 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20875
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Broom.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20876
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Small ornamental hand broom
- made of sorghum and bamboo
- plant material dyed turquoise blue near top interwoven with red cord
- broom head flat
- leather strap at top of handle
- contributed by Laurent Jean Pierre
- purchased from gift shop at Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami, Florida, 5/17/2002
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 15 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20877
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Small hand broom
- bound in approximately 10 locations with wire along handle and near top of broom head
- broom head cut at an angle
- contributed by Isabel Hamphill
- purchased at Shanghai street market, May 20, 2002
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 16 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20878
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Small hand broom made of latanye
- handle woven with plant material
- round broom head
- latanye is threatened on St. Lucia due to overharvesting for broom manufacture
- contributed by Laurent Jean Pierre, July 2001
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 17 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20879
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Long handled broom
- broom head made of latanye
- broom head woven with plant fiber in two locations near and at top
- broom head is temporarily bound with plant fiber
- contributed by Carnie and Sharon Lawson
- purchased at the Central Market, St. Lucia, 2003
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 18 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20880
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- This large shadow puppet depicts the monkey deity Hanuman. Hanuman was Rama's most trusted and valuable officer in the Rankien. During Rama's war against the demon king Toskanth, Rama asked Hanuman to infiltrate the court of Toskanth. Hanuman tricked Toskanth into believing that he had defected to the demon's side. Toskanth was so pleased by this that he made Hanuman the crown prince of his kingdom, replacing his son Indrajit, who Hanuman had ironi
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20881
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- This shadow puppet probably depicts the simian deity Hanuman. It is also possible that the puppet illustrates the demon king Toskanth instead. If it is Hanuman it portrays him during his time as Toskanth's heir. Hanuman tricked Toskanth earning the king's trust so that he could do reconnaissance on behalf of Rama. This puppet is probably made from cow leather. IT was heavily oiled when it was made to give it a black shine. It has retained enough o
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20882
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Long broom
- handle of stripped wood
- head is a bundle of branches (probably birch)
- head is bound with wire at three locations, top wire held by a nail
- contributed by Marjeta Brennan, March 15, 2002
- purchased from broom maker at market in Slovenia
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 12 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20874
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Relatively large broom
- essentially a bundle of branches (probably birch)
- bound with wire in three locations along handle and once near top of broom head
- some branches stripped near top of handle
- contributed by Marjeta Brennan, March 15, 2002
- purchased from broom maker at market in Slovenia
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 11 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20873
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Straight, slightly rounded length of shaped, polished bone used as a septum plug. Lengths of brown thread are wrapped around the bone near each end. Ends are sharp. Bone is stained slightly yellow with age.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20862
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- 75 red seeds, flattened with point hilums and blackening opposite the hilum. Probably Caesalpinaceae (legumes).
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20863
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Broom made of plant locally referred to as "broom plant"
- bound with white nylon cord in four locations along handle
- contributed by Nicolina "Grandmother" Bordian, January 2002
- remaining leaf and seed material in broom head
- broom head round
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 1HCB 1 NB
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20864
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Broom made of sorghum
- bound with blue nylon cord in seven locations along handle
- handle 39cm long
- head flat
- contributed by Nicolina Bordian, January 2002
- purchased from local craft market
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 2 HCB 2 NB
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20865
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Ornamental broom
- handle bound in blue plastic material, red at tip of handle
- flat broom head made of plant material
- plant material bound into columns at top of broom head
- columns wrapped in red nylon ribbon
- blue nylon border at bottom of red ribbon columns
- yellow and black striped plastic material wrapped around outer edges of ribbon section of head
- contributed by Heather Butcher, May 2002
- purchased as import in Habitat Store, Cantebury, U.K.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20869
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Small hand broom
- round head
- handle bound in three woven columns around diameter
- contributed by Amy Worren, November 29, 2001
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 8 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20870
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Small hand broom
- looks like sorghum
- bound in three places along handle with black nylon cord
- top of head bound in black nylon cord
- head flat, end cut at angle
- leather strap at end of handle
- contributed by Angela McKinnon, November 29, 2001
- purchased in craft market in California
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 9 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20871
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Relatively large broom
- material looks like sorghum
- bound with wire in five locations along handle and twice near top of broom head
- broom head flat
- seeds in broom head
- "most common broom used indoors" (in Russia presumably)
- contributed by Maureen Enns, January 23, 2002
- purchased at Market in Moscow
- The Laurent Jean Pierre Broom Collection
- No. 10 LJP
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20872
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- This shadow puppet depicts the hero of the Ramakein, Rama. Rama, who is the crown prince of Ayudhya, is dispatched by his father to do away with demons, who are harassing a local population of hermits. Having completed his task Rama wanders further from home winning the hand in marriage of Princess Sida through a feat of strength. Exiled for fourteen years by his father under the influence of an evil wife Rama wanders far and wide. At some point h
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20883
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- This shadow puppet is made from either cow or water buffalo leather. It has four wooden sticks bound to the leather with twine for controlling the puppet. Most of the leather has lost its black shine and faded to a dark green. In places where the red paint was applied it has faded in various ways from a ruddy orange to light yellow. The leather is perforated with holes to create a fancy illuminated pattern around the central figure. This figure i
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20884
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Craniograms of Australopithecus africanus, infant (dashed and dotted line); Australpithecus prometheus, female (solid line); and Paranthropus robustus, male (dotted line).
- Date of Photo
- 1951
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11314
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "An Introduction to Physical Anthropology," by Ashley Montagu; Fig. 56, p. 112. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1951.
- Description
- Craniograms of Australopithecus prometheus (solid line); Plesianthropus transvaalensis, male (dashed and dotted line); and Paranthropus robustus, male (dotted line).
- Date of Photo
- 1951
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11315
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "An Introduction to Physical Anthropology," by Ashley Montagu; Fig. 57, p. 113. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1951.
- Description
- First milk molars of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Bushman.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11316
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Australopithecines and the Origin of Man," by John T. Robinson; Fig. 4, p. 486. In Smithsonian Report for 1961, Publication 4495. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1962.
- Description
- Left lateral views of innominate bones in chimpanzee (left), Australopithecus prometheus (center), and Bushman (right).
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11317
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "An Introduction to Physical Anthropology," by Ashley Montagu; Fig. 58, p. 118. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1951.
- Description
- Homo habilis type specimen. Left lateral view of the dental arcade and body of the mandible of the type specimen of the new Olduvai hominine, Homo habilis. In this juvenile specimen, only the first two molars have erupted. The "enamel line" on each tooth is clearly defined; areas of hypoplastic enamel are well shown on the canine tooth.
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11318
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 8, p. 29. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.
- Description
- Zinjanthropus. The teeth and palate of the large-toothed hominid, Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus) boisei, from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge.
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11319
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 3, p. 26. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.
- Description
- Peninj jaw. Two views of the lower jawbone and teeth of a large-toothed australopithecine from Peninj, next to Lake Natron, some 80 km northeast of Olduvai Gorge. The very small front teeth (incisors and canines) and very large cheek teeth (premolars and molars) characteristic of the robust australopithecine are well shown. This mandible represents a Middle Pleistocene survivor of the African australopithecines, probably a late member of the Olduva
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11320
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 4, p. 27. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.
- Description
- Buccolingual breadths (in millimeters) of the maxiliary (left) and mandibular (right) teeth of A. africanus and H. erectus. The cheek teeth (from P3 to M3) of the australopithecines are characteristically broadened, as contrasted with those of the hominines, represented here by Homo erectus.
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11321
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 7, p. 29. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.
- Description
- Paranthropus robustus, Kromdraai.
- Date of Photo
- 1951
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11313
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "An Introduction to Physical Anthropology," by Ashley Montagu; Fig. 54, p. 109. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1951.
- Description
- Ancient British Man. Painting by John White.
- Date of Photo
- 1984
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White," by Paul Hulton; Pl. 68. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press and British Museum Publications, 1984.
- Description
- This shadow puppet appears to depict a tiger. It is made from eight overlapping pieces of very thin cow leather. The pieces are joined by small pieces of rope with knots on each end. This gives a pivot so each piece can move independently. The two largest pieces are the torso pieces front and back. The front torso piece has two legs attached to it and has the face painted on it. The back torso piece has the tail and the two other legs attached to
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20885
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- The painting appears to be on a thin canvas. The background of the painting is an olive green. In front of this background are six figures, four of whom are masked or are perhaps demons. The masks are red wit h very large eyes and perpendicular noses. The other two figures’ faces are pale, with long thin eyes and a nose that is a straight continuation of the forehead line. In the bottom left corner and across the top, encircling the top two figure
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20886
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Sharkey County, Mississippi. Anderson Landing vessel.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 23088
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Archeology of Mississippi," by Calvin S. Brown; p. 333. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Geological Survey, University Press of Mississippi, 1926.
- Description
- Proconsul: Known from numerous fragments adding up to almost complete skeletons, Proconsul is considered to be a very early ape, the ancestor of the chimpanzee and perhaps of the gorilla. A contemporary of Pliopithecus, it is often found with it in the same fossil site.
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11307
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man," by F. Clark Howell and the Editors of LIFE; p. 41. New York: Time Inc., 1965.
- Description
- Proconsul (by Wilson).
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11308
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "A Million Years of Man: The Story of Human Development as a Part of Nature," by Richard Carrington; Pl. 18, p. 81. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963.
- Description
- Ramapithecus: The easliest manlike primate found so far, Ramapithecus is now thought by some experts to be the oldest of man's ancestors in a direct line. This hominid status is predicated upon a few teeth, some fragments of jaw and a palate unmistakably human in shape.
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11309
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man," by F. Clark Howell and the Editors of LIFE; p. 42. New York: Time Inc., 1965.
- Description
- Australopithecine sites. The African sites which have yielded fossilized remains of Australopithecus, popularly known as ape-men, near-men, or half-men. The three northern sites are in the Republic of Tanzania; the five southern sites are in the Republic of South Africa.
- Date of Photo
- 1965
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 11310
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 2, p. 25. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.
- Description
- Ancient British Woman. Painting by John White.
- Date of Photo
- 1984
- Source Type Detail
- Book Citation: "America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White," by Paul Hulton; Pl. 69. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press and British Museum Publications, 1984.
- Description
- Square tapestry made of tapa cloth. Pattern is on one side, beige-orange background with design in white lines of triangles, lines, and outlines of brown and black triangles, diamonds, and coffee-bean shaped outlines. Pattern is the same on six panels. Underside is beige with white outlines of patterns. Panels are different deepness of color.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20861
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Coarse, dark, "everyday" grass skirt. Fibers are knotted in bundles onto a braided cord. The skirt is mid-length, as opposed to both the short "high-quality" skirts and other long everyday skirts. Creases from being folded for an extensive period of time. Each end has two braids of cord for tying.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20860
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Beautiful single strand necklace made of whole tiny nautilus shells speckled and striped in black, brown, beige, and pink. 8 pairs of cowrie shells are spaced evenly along the body of the necklace with the shell openings facing inward, and the greatest distance between the cowrie paris around the intended neckline. The necklace is strung on fishing line. Cowrie shells are white with beige speckles.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20832
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Dangle-type bracelet made of polished, sculpted shell in a single unbroken circle. The bracelet is not a true circle, the outside rim has 10 points. The main color is dark ivory, with patches of the shell exterior (white with brown speckles) is visible.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20833
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Non-circular dangle bracelet carved in a single piece from the interior of a large shell. It is mainly pearl-dark ivory in color, with patches of the white and brown-speckled exterior. Part of the bracelet is thinner and curves out accordingly to the natural bend of the original shell.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20834
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Very small, thick dangle bracelet made from a single piece of pearl-white shell with brown speckles in a spiralling line. The bracelet is perfectly round with two indentations from the natural shape of the shell.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20835
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Largest of the four bracelets, mostly pearl-brown in color with accents of white and brown speckles that were the original exterior of the shell. Bracelet has a thin side from the natural curve of the shell; it is broken on that side, has a piece missing.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20836
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Largest of 3 armbands made from island grass and colored with local dyes. Base color is black, which forms interior of band. Pattern is 1 line yellow, 2 lines yellow, row of black and yellow checkerboard, 2 lines yellow, 1 line red, 1 line yellow. Pattern interrupted in 3 places with black and yellow zig-zag pattern. Armband is sewn together.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20837
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Second-largest armband, main color is black (interior). Exterior is mainly yelow, with a red stripe running around the middle. There are 3 black diamonds, evenly spaced, traced with red inside their outlines.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20838
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Smallest of 3 armbands, sewn together to create single band. Bare color is black, pattern on exterior is 4 yellow bands alternating with three yellow bands. Stripes are interrupted in three places with vertical zig-zag pattern.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20839
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
- Description
- Necklace of white spondyllus shell beads and cowrie shells with assorted wooden beads marking cowrie off from spondyllus. The main body of the necklace has 3 evenly spaced cowrie shells, with a cluster of 3 cowrie shells at the bottom, which form the start of 3 tassles of spondyllus shells ending in 3 cowrie shells.
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20831
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay