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These bell fragments were recovered from an archeological site in Morris County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2020. The bells are made of sheet metal and are decorated with two lines encircling the waist (body) of the bell. The site had multiple occupations from the Archaic period to the late 1800s and may have been one of three large Kansa sites along the Neosho River occupied during the mid-19th century.
Date: 1847-1874
Item Number: 508049
Call Number: 14MO414 2020.D.898 & 2020.D.899 Thomas donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508049
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kansa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kaw
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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