Artifacts from Various Sites - MAYBE AFO

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Artifacts from Various Sites - MAYBE AFO

Entry/Object ID

1999.27.2190

Description

23CL23 Box is labeled: SKULL N175 E55 3/19/1951 Box contains artifacts NOT from 23CL23 and no human remains. One is a broken projectile point labeled West Tomeck (or Tomek). A box is included that reads: "Smithville Reservoir. Creek bottom site. N.W. of Paradise on Smith Fork of Platte River. Wrecked Mound on hill to west. Duck into in 1906 and 1941". This box contains a note that says "Adolph Tomek Site. Center of Z. 1/2 Sec. 32 TwP. 46N. R7W." and pottery sherds and a hematite fragment. Maybe AFO One is a large chunk of obsidian labeled "obsidian cliff, Yellowstone Park 1922 One is a broken rain god statue from Tesuque Pueblo; New Mexico. The bowl of the rain god contains deciduous human teeth. One is a large mussel shell. The bag is hard to read but seems to say South Grand River, drainage details at Otto Hauth site. Oct 27, 1956. One reads Shoshoni Desert, Boyson Reservoir, Wyo. Basalt, wind blown pebble. 1950. One is a vase that reads Acoma, NM

Collection

Shippee Archaeological Collection

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Tesuque Pueblo
Native American