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Henry Shetrone Collection
Description: This roughly rectangular, shell gorget has two small holes centered on the long axis, 46 mm apart. The gorget is light gray and gray in color and comes from Glacial Kame Culture. The Glacial Kame people are noted for their emphasis on ceremony, but their daily lives were much like those of other Archaic cultures. They hunted with spears aided by spear throwers. Deer, their major source of meat, also provided antler tines that were made into tools for pressure flaking flint knives and spear points, or into harpoons for fishing. Deer leg bones were cut and ground into sharp-pointed awls for sewing and basket making. Slate and coal from glacial deposits were made into ornaments, perhaps for "everyday" use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0060_000281_1
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples;
Places: Henry Shetrone Collection