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These knife handle fragments were recovered from an archeological site in Morris County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2020. They were once part of cartouche knife with perforated handle decoration. These may represent a popular trade item, the French clasp knife. The site had multiple occupations from the Archaic period to the late 1800s and was one of three large Kansa sites along the Neosho River occupied during the mid-19th century.
Date: 1847-1874
Item Number: 507087
Call Number: 14MO414 2020.D.186 through .189 Thomas donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 507087
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Personal Gear - Knife
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kansa
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - International - France
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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