University of Northern Iowa

Anthropology

Archaeology (the study of ancient human culture) and ethnology (the study of recent and living people) are the two major sections in the anthropology collection.

The archaeological collection comes from North and West Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe, the Andes, Mesoamerica, the Great Plains, and the Great Basin areas.

The ethnographic collection includes artifacts from the Andes, Amazon, Mesoamerica, Circum-Caribbean, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, Melanesia, and Polynesia.

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Cat. # Name Description
1 1973.80.3.27.0026 Card, greeting Christmas. Village scene, 3 peasant women, 3 children. Color: GR,RD,WH
2 1972.81.1.1.0049 Sherd, pottery Gray with black design. Design painted on the inside. Color: GY,BK
3 1968.10.494.0008 Chip, stone None
4 1972.81.1.4.0070 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
5 1970.41.3.0108 Point, projectile None
6 1969.15.0002 Carving Yoruba Ibeji dolls. Laterally compressed to acute ridge from top of forehead to back of neck; prominent facial features, 3 vertical gashes on each cheek; female with very prominent breasts. Posture of both leaning slightly forward. Colored with brown to reddish-brown chalky paint, shiny in various places. a. Male. b. Female. 1969.15.0002 (Carving) image
7 1968.10.493.0073 Chip, stone None
8 1979.10.9.0044 Bead Conical with hole. Color: GY
9 1970.78.15.0027 Stunner Spear with squarish head 1 1/4" on a side and with a point. (Gives the apperance of a pyramid). Two dark brown feathers at rear end. Color: BR
10 1968.10.494.0028 Chip, stone None
11 1970.41.3.0030 Point, projectile None
12 1972.81.1.4.0006 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery.
13 2017-17-11 Stool Men stool with four legs and a large base in the center. Each leg has carved semicircular protrusions along the length. The seat is curved upwards on the ends and has a carved out triangle on either end. 2017-17-11 (Stool) image
14 1968.10.493.0009 Chip, stone None
15 1972.31.0024 Stone, worry Thumb depression.
16 1972.81.1.1.0017 Sherd, pottery Rust with black design. Part of rim. Design painted on the inside. Color: RD-BR,BK
17 1968.10.0027 Mat Six-pointed natural star on orange background. Natural and black inner circle. Color: OR,BK,TN
18 1968.10.493.0105 Chip, stone None
19 1972.81.1.5.0020 Sherd, pottery Incised design. Color: GY
20 2003.10.0012 Cup Cup formed from half of small circular gourd. Color: BR
21 1970.41.3.0062 Point, projectile None
22 1972.81.1.4.0038 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
23 1979.10.9.0072 Bead Quasi-rectangular, pierced. Color: WH
24 00.77.0033 Point, projectile None
25 1968.10.493.0041 Chip, stone None
26 1979.10.9.0012 Bead Gear-shaped disk with hole drilled in center. Color: BR,BK
27 1968.10.0089 Scoop One-half gourd bowl or scoop. 1968.10.0089 (Scoop) image
28 1972.81.1.1.0050 Sherd, pottery Gray with black design. Design painted on the inside. Color: GY,BK
29 1968.10.494.0009 Chip, stone None
30 1972.81.1.4.0071 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
31 1970.41.3.0109 Point, projectile None
32 1968.10.493.0074 Chip, stone None
33 1979.10.9.0045 Bead Conical with two holes. Color: WH
34 1970.78.15.0028 Point, projectile Spear. Head is 7" long, 4" being three-pronged with barbed metal tips. Two 3 1/2" dark brown feathers attached to rear end with thread. Color: TN,BR
35 1968.10.494.0029 Chip, stone None
36 1970.41.3.0031 Point, projectile None
37 1972.81.1.4.0007 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
38 00.54.17.0022 Basket, model None
39 1968.10.493.0010 Chip, stone None
40 1972.81.1.1.0018 Sherd, pottery Gray with black stripe near rim. Black striped design over rest. Design painted on the inside. Color: GY,BK
41 1968.10.0028 Mat Six-pointed black star on orange background. 3 single circles of natural, 2 double circles of orange and black, center natural. Color: OR,BK,TN
42 1968.10.493.0106 Chip, stone None
43 1972.81.1.5.0021 Sherd, pottery Incised design. Color: GY
44 1970.41.3.0063 Point, projectile None
45 1972.81.1.4.0039 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
46 1978.46.0047 Broom Bound grass fiber bundle; two decorative woven grass bindings at handle top, yellow-brown natural color. Color: TN
47 1979.10.9.0073 Bead Quasi-rectangular, pierced. Color: WH
48 1968.10.493.0042 Chip, stone None
49 1979.10.9.0013 Bead Round disk with hole drilled in one side. Color: GY
50 1968.10.0090 Scoop One-half gourd bowl or scoop. 1968.10.0090 (Scoop) image
51 1970.41.0007 Axe One-half groove axe.
52 1972.81.1.1.0051 Sherd, pottery Gray with 3 black stripes. Design painted on the inside. Color: GY,BK
53 1968.10.494.0010 Chip, stone None
54 1997.5.0016 Cap Garrison style cap of deep red velvet is lined and decorated with glass beads. Each side has 2 groups of three flowers plus 2 separate flowers, and is outlined with a narrow border resembling a twisted cord of beads. Top of hat has a bead trim, a rectangular shape crisscrossed between the corners to form an "X". This motif is also in the twisted cord design. Cap folds flat. Color: RD,CL,GR 1997.5.0016 (Cap) image
55 1972.81.1.4.0072 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
56 1978.46.0080 Tray Woven brown, red, yellow and natural colored grass, high outer rim, wrapped edge. Color: BR,RD,YL,TN
57 1970.41.4.0001 Point, projectile None
58 1968.10.493.0075 Chip, stone None
59 1979.10.9.0046 Bead Ring shaped. Color: WH
60 1970.78.15.0029 Point, projectile Spear 60" long with removable point 7" long, top 4 1/4" double headed barbed metal point, attaches to shaft by a cord 82" long. Two dark brown feathers 5" long attached to rear end. Color: TN,BR
61 1968.10.494.0030 Chip, stone None
62 1970.41.3.0032 Point, projectile None
63 1972.81.1.4.0008 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
64 2017-17-13 Vase Carved wood vase with circular base. The exterior has circular carved designs that fall diagonally. The interior is painted green. 2017-17-13 (Vase) image
65 1968.10.493.0011 Chip, stone None
66 1972.81.1.1.0019 Sherd, pottery Gray with black design. Part of rim. Design painted on the inside. Color: GY,BK
67 1968.10.0029 Mat Four wedges, 2 alternate black and orange arcs, 2 alternate black and natural arcs, natural center. Color: OR,BK,TN
68 1968.10.493.0107 Chip, stone None
69 1972.81.1.5.0022 Sherd, pottery Incised design. Color: GY
70 1970.41.3.0064 Point, projectile None
71 1972.81.1.4.0040 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
72 1995.37.0032 Fur fragment To be attached to bound bamboo and inserted at small end of gourd used for phallocrypt. Color: BR
73 1975.87.0004 Bottle, medicine Produced in U.S. for a local pharmacy.
74 1979.10.9.0074 Bead Quasi-rectangular, pierced. Color: WH
75 1968.10.493.0043 Chip, stone None
76 1979.10.9.0014 Bead Round disk with hole drilled in one side. Color: BK
77 1974.30.0005 Mola Red cloth top and bottom, multi-colored cloths between. Floral design. One edge finished with yellow band of cottom machine-stitched to main cloths. Multi-colord designs. Three sides unfinished. Color: RD,PK,GR,YL,ML
78 1968.10.0092 Scoop One-half gourd bowl or scoop. 1968.10.0092 (Scoop) image
79 1970.41.3.0001 Point, projectile None
80 1972.81.1.1.0052 Sherd, pottery Rust with brown design. Design painted on the inside. Color: RD-BR, BR
81 1968.10.494.0011 Chip, stone None
82 00.54.11.0002 Pipe None
83 1972.81.1.4.0073 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
84 1978.46.0081 Tray Woven red and natural yellow grass fibers, high outer rim, wrapped edge. Color: RD,YL
85 1970.41.4.0002 Point, projectile None
86 1972.31.0053 Program For program by Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.
87 1968.10.493.0076 Chip, stone None
88 1979.10.9.0047 Bead Ring shaped. Color: WH
89 1970.78.15.0030 Point, projectile Spear. Detachable head is 10" long with 2" a barbed metal tip. Two brown feathers 4 1/2" long attached to rear end. Removable point is attached to shaft with cord 93" long. Color: TN,BR
90 1968.10.494.0031 Chip, stone None
91 1970.41.3.0033 Point, projectile None
92 1972.81.1.4.0009 Sherd, pottery No design. Piece of pottery. Color: GY
93 1995.37.0001 Bow Strung. Bow has lunate shape since it is strong. Outside face of bow is 75% soot covered from one tip past the median & partially toward the other tip, which is raw light colored wood. Bowstring is 1/4' wide resilient fiber (inner bark?). Knotted at both ends. A finer fiber on the bow tips beneath the bow string knots. The entire inside face of the bow is smoother & less rough than the outside face. Color: TN,BR
94 2017-17-14 Drum Double ended drum, skin covers both ends, attached and tightened with cord that extends vertically around the entire exterior. 2017-17-14 (Drum) image
95 1968.10.493.0012 Chip, stone None
96 1972.81.1.1.0020 Sherd, pottery Gray with black pointed esigns extending from rim. Design painted on the inside. Color: GY,BK
97 1968.10.493.0108 Chip, stone None
98 1972.81.1.5.0023 Sherd, pottery Incised design. Color: GY
99 1972.81.0003 Chert Sides are smooth and come to points at the edges. Some of the edges are jagged.
100 1970.41.3.0065 Point, projectile None
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