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This fragment of a mussel shell was found along Mill Creek in Wabaunsee County. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. The hole was cut or drilled into the shell, but it isn't known whether desired result was the shell with a hole in it, or the cut-out portion, which could have been made into a bead or even a button.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 309555
Call Number: 14WB 25.43.2068 Brower donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309555
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Shell
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Bead
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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