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Several of these carved pipestone items have been found in Northeast Kansas. The show up in different sites, and are likely historic American Indian in origin. They may have been used for molds for softer metals, such as lead or pewter. Only one that we know of comes from an excavated context, a Kansa village site, which was occupied from 1828-1844 CE.
Date: 1350-1850 CE
Item Number: 307685
Call Number: 1986.M.16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307685
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1400-1499
Date - 1500-1599
Date - 1600-1699
Date - 1700-1799
Date - 1800-1819
Date - 1854-1860
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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