Game Stone

13556

From: United States of America | South Carolina | Camden (South Carolina)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 13556
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | South Carolina | Camden (South Carolina)
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Quartzite
Technique Incised
Description

Chunkee - Biconcave disc of qaurtzite, stained yellow and highly polished by use. 4 in. in diam, an 1 7/8 in thick at edge, slightly convex. Interior hollowed in the symmetrical cup-shaped cavities, with a hole 1.25 inches in diam in the middle. On one side there are two incised forked marks. R.S. Culin

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William H. Miller, 1897

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