Tubular red pipestone bead

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Title (English):: Tubular red pipestone bead
Collection:: Onöndowa'ga:' (Seneca) Haudenosaunee Archaeological Materials, circa 1688-1754
Site:: White Springs
Location:: White Springs General Site Finds
White Springs
Catalog Number:: 1952.WH475.1
1952.WH0475.001
Context:: 475
File Name:: unavailable021.jpg
Work Type:: artifacts
Materials/Techniques:: red pipestone
bead
tubular
Measurement:: 2.17 (millimeters, bore size)
8.31 (millimeters, diameter)
33.36 (millimeters, length)
Description:: This is a fragment of a tubular red pipestone bead. It has a U-shaped cross-section with a flat base, incised lines on two faces, and was made with a tapered drill (indicated by the larger drill hole on one end than the other).
Kurt Jordan, Archaeologist
Format:: Image

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