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1921.91.204

Cylindrical bird bone bead.

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1921.91.204

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cylindrical bird bone bead.
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Midwestern USA North Dakota Morton County Mandan unnamed archaeological site
Cultural groups
Mandan
Hidatsa
Person
Field collector Anthon Temple Gesner
PRM source Archibald Colquhoun Bell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1908
Date collected
1908
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Bird Bone, Material Bead, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 29 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.91.204
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Correspondence from A.C. Bell to Balfour regarding the transfer of his late father's collection to the Pitt Rivers Museum. [MOB 21/11/2001]

This collection was probably excavated originally by Anthon Temple Gesner who published 'Prehistoric Mandan Remains in North Dakota', Records of the past Exploration Society, vol.4. (1905), 363-67. [AS 23/04/2009].

Associated publications
Gesner, A.T. 1905. 'Prehistoric Mandan Remains in North Dakota', Records of the past Exploration Society, vol.4. (1905), 363-67

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