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Name:
Ground stone pendant or decorative effigy fragment

Description:

Artifact Type: Ground stone pendant or ornamental object
Material: Fine-grained stone (likely sandstone or steatite)
Manufacturing Technique: Ground and shaped with smoothed surfaces
Condition: Intact with minor surface wear
Size: Approximately 2 inches long
Form / Edge Type: Tapered body with rounded knobbed base
Function: Likely personal ornament or decorative object
Cultural Period: Woodland – Mississippian (approx. 500 BCE – 1500 CE)
Find Location: Tennessee River Valley region (exact location unknown)

Accession Number:
2024.1.208

Prior Inventory Number:
604

Collection:

Sub Collection:

Category:
Anthropology

Keywords:
Stone pendant

Object Size (LxWxH):
1.625" x .75" x .1875"

Type/Materials:
Sandstone

Origin Continent:
North America

Origin Country:
United States

Origin State/Province:
Unknown

Origin City/Town:
Unknown

Date/Era:
Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)

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