Pictograph

Name/Title

Pictograph

Entry/Object ID

1954.283.72

Description

Oval hornsfels plaque incised with a pictograph in the center. The pictograph shows triangles radiating from a central circle with a diamond at the very center. There are two round holes drilled through opposite ends. The inscription, "TARANTULA; Totem-of-The-Osage Indian 12" is written on the reverse in black ink.

Context

Collected by Emma P. Sampson

Acquisition

Accession

1954.283

Source or Donor

Beals, Marguerite E.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Osage Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pictograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Stone

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sampson, Emma P. Merrill (1865-1953)