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This unusual pipestone bead was recovered from the Blue Earth village site and donated in 1986 to the Kansas Historical Society. Blue Earth village was a Kansa Indian village in Pottawatomie County. Many lodge depressions were still visible on the surface in the 1880s. The soft, fine grain material enabled the carver to shape and smooth the piece and drill a longitudinal hole through the bead.
Date: 1795-1830
Item Number: 451059
Call Number: 14PO24 1986.M.14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 451059
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Bead
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Bead
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kansa
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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