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This hematite artifact was found in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The broken artifact still shows four grooved lines, though what its original function was is unknown. Hematite is a relatively soft and fine-grained mineral form of iron oxide. It is easily carved and polished.
Date: 1350-1850 CE
Item Number: 310068
Call Number: 14GR 1984.C.98
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310068
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1300-1399
Date - 1400-1499
Date - 1500-1599
Date - 1600-1699
Date - 1700-1799
Date - 1800-1819
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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