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This nearly complete bedpan was recovered from a cache pit at the Fool's Chief village excavations. Fool's Chief village was a Kansa village in Shawnee County occupied from 1830 to 1844. The cache pit was located inside a bark house. The cache pit contained this ceramic bedpan, in addition to a covered dish, knives, hoes, an ax, barrel bands, vermillion, mussel shell and a chain and hook that had been carefully stored for future use.
Date: 1828-1844
Item Number: 442252
Call Number: 14SH305-3605-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442252
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1830s
Date - 1840s
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Fool 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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