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This pipestone artifact was recovered from Hard Chief's village, a Kansa village site in Shawnee County during the 1987 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The carveable pipestone was in an early stage of manufacture, possibly as a pendant or for a pipe. The soft fine grain material enabled the carver to shape and smooth the piece and then incise or score two deep lines across one surface.
Date: 1831-1848
Item Number: 442059
Call Number: 14SH301-18 Feature 101
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442059
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Hard Chief's Village
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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