Effigy hand made of mica
Effigy hand made of micaSubjects: Indians of North America--Ohio--Antiquities; American Indian art and culture; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County;
Places: Twin Township (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio);
Collection: Hopewell Mound Group
Source: A 0283
Item ID: OHS: AL02821.tif
Description: Effigy of a flat, stylized human hand cut from sheet mica, Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Excavated from Hopewell Mound Group, Ross County, Ohio ca. 1922-1925. The Hopewell obtained mica from western North Carolina. Archeologists are uncertain how they used mica cut outs. This object is held in the Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Collection.
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