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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Implement
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Slate
Place Made:North America; United States; Tennessee; Smith County
Measurements:overall: 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 9/16 in.; 19.05 x 3.81 x 1.4288 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.A.9.f.4
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Stone implement with pointed end. Smooth, polished, and very light. Oval hole at rectangular end of piece. It has been suggested that this was used as a needle, or it may have been a pendant charm.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American; archaeology

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