NMNH A71602

77

A71602

6/11/19

Hancock County, Illinois. Donated by Professor Cyrus Thomas on March 28th, 1883.

Light olive gray, even light brown patina

8.2

10.8

n/a

2.6

1

476.6

This is an undrilled igneous preform from the collection of Cyrus Thomas who extensively mapped Native American mounds of the Mississippi for the US Bureau of American Ethnology beginning in 1882. 91 Thomas is written on a small square white label adhered to the surface of the stone next to the spine on one side.

6000-1000 BCE

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