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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	ED1998.4.12	Blade, Stone	Lamellar blade. Chipped stone tool used as a knife.
2	ED1998.4.2	Spear Point	Chipped stone tool. Used as a spear point or knife.
3	ED1998.4.3	Tool, Stone	Chipped stone tool. Used as a knife or spear head.
4	ED1998.4.4	Tool, Stone	Chipped stone tool. Used as a knife or spear point.
5	ED1998.4.5	Tool, Stone	Chipped stone tool. Used as a knife or spear point.
6	ED1998.4.8	Tool, Stone	Chipped stone tool. Used as a knife or spear point.
7	ED1998.7.2	Spear Point	Hardin barbed point. Used as a spear or a knife.
8	ED1998.7.4	Spear Point	Belknap Contracting Stem Point. Used as a spear or knife.
9	ED1999.1.17	Biface	Chipped stone tool that has been formed on two sides. It could have been used for cutting scraping, chopping, and sawing.
10	ED1999.1.21	Biface	Chipped stone tool that has been formed on two sides. It could have been used for cutting scraping, chopping, and sawing.
11	ED1999.1.32	Copper	Native copper
12	ED1999.1.33	Biface	Chipped stone tool that has been formed on two sides. It could have been used for cutting scraping, chopping, and sawing.
13	ED1999.1.36	Sherd, Pottery	Reproduction sherd with mica flakes and rope impression.
14	ED1999.1.39	Ax Head	Grooved ax head made of formed stone.
15	ED1999.1.45	Hammer, Stone	Hard stone used to shape arrow heads, spear points, and other lithics.
16	ED1999.1.5	Copper	Native copper
17	ED1999.1.9	Biface	Chipped stone tool that has been formed on two sides. It could have been used for cutting scraping, chopping, and sawing.
18	ED1999.5.3	Grindstone	Clay grinding stone. Reproduction of early human tools.
19	ED2003.5.1	Bone	A femur bone of a large animal, likely buffalo or something similar sized.
20	ED2003.7.14	Button	Two abalone buttons attached to a card. "Pearl" brand.
21	ED2019-129	Cap	Flat cap
22	ED2019-169	Sweater	A school uniform sweater of the Scoil Oilibhéir primary school in Cork, Ireland. The patch on the left shoulder reads "Deo Gratias - Scoil Oilibhéir." It's a size 28 and made by the Deer Park Ireland brand.
23	ED2019-170	Drum, Bodhrán	A bodhrán drum which originates from Ireland.
24	ED2019-171	Stick, Hurley	Wooden stick used in the Irish sport of hurling.
25	ED2019-172	Ball, Hurley	A ball used for the sport of hurling
26	ED2019-173	Shoe	Irish ghillies. A and B. Ghillies are soft shoes worn by women in Irish dance. Size 2 and made by the Irish "Inishfree" brand.
27	ED2019-174	Whistle, Penny	Also called a tin whistle or a flageolet. Six holed woodwind instrument. Most closely associated with traditional Irish and Australian music.
28	ED2021-10	Tusk	Fragments of a mastodon tusk. The mastodons were relatives of true elephants, which included the wooly mammoth. These huge elephant-like animals roamed across much of eastern North America during the latter part of the Ice Age. Most mastodon remains which are found date to between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.
29	ED2021-11	Doily	An off-white crochet doily from Bosnia. Circular designs joined to create a diamond shape.
30	ED2021-116	Book	A book from Bosnia which includes 12 oral, epic poems and a brief background on the oral literature of the Bosniak ethnic group. Written in Bosnian. The title is "Od Đerzelez Alije do Tala Ličanina, izbor iz usmene epike Bošnjaka" which translates to "From Đerzelez Allije to Tala Ličanina, a selection from the oral history of Bosniaks." The author is Denana Buturović and this edition was published in 1997.
31	ED2021-12	Doily	A Bosnian off-white crochet doily. Circular design with picot edge.
32	ED2021-125	Handkerchief	A translucent, tourist handkerchief from Norway. Along the border of the piece are 12 boxes, each labeled with a different month and an image representing a different Norwegian city. In the middle of the piece is the word "NORGE" in red lettering with the words "Norway - Norwegen - Norvège - Noruega" surrounding it.
33	ED2021-128	Game, Mikado Spiel	A set a Mikado pick-up sticks. This game originated in Europe and is a popular educational game for children. This set contains 31 sticks with varying stripes and an instruction sheet with directions written in French, German, English, Dutch, and Danish. The cover of the set reads "Mikado Spiel" with an image of 7 sticks above the words and the box is made entirely of a light-colored wood.
34	ED2021-146	Slippers	A pair of red and brown Bosnian slippers called priglavci.
35	ED2021-182	Hammer, Stone	Round stone attached to a wooden stick with leather strapping.
36	ED2021-184	Jersey	A Corcaigh (Cork County) hurling jersey from Ireland. The front contains the words "O'Neills" and "O2" and images of the Corcaigh logo and the GAA (Gaelic Athletic League) logo. The back says "Corcaigh" across the upper back. It is a child's size 9-10 and is red, navy blue, and white colored. It cost €37.00 and was purchased from O'Neills.
37	ED2021-185	Wool	A roll of cream-colored Aran wool from Ireland, from the Tivoli brand. Aran wool famously is used to make Aran wool sweaters which originate from Ireland.
38	ED2021-195	Nail	A set of seven square head nails (A-G) that are modern replications of what early Iowans used to build houses, buildings, schools, etc
39	ED2021-30	Turquoise	Polished, uncut turquoise. Many cultures around the world and throughout history have used turquois as a decorative gemstone and held it in high esteem. In particular, Southwest Native American tribes considered this stone sacred.
40	ED2021-40	Set, Demitasse	A Balkan (Bosnian) demitasse set with 6 plates (A-F) and 6 cups (G-L). White with a blue and gray meander pattern border.
41	ED2021-44	Wick Trimmer	A metal candlewick trimmer. Small and rusted.
42	ED2021-49	Doll, Troll	A small troll doll from Norway. The troll is in a sitting position and holding mini-versions of a man and a woman, one in each hand. Troll appearance: wild black hair, tan overalls, a long nose, big ears, and a long tail. A golden sticker with the words "Candy designs - Norway" is on the bottom of the doll.
43	ED2021-50	Coffee Pot	A Turkish coffee pot (other names: ibrik, coffee ibrik, cezve) with a silver cup base and a redish-brown handle.
44	ED2021-52	Postcard	Three replica postcards, laminated. A-C. A: Folded card, featuring a cut out drawing of a rabbit with flowers. Exterior: "Easter Greetings". Interior: "Some Easter wishes were planted- /The grew, and grew, and grew,/ And now, beneath each each flower pot/ You'll find them blooming/ for you," opposite: drawing of three potted flowers. B: Single sheet postcard. Front: Brown, black, and pink drawing of stylized flowers and butterflies. "A Birthday Greeting/ I've a weakness for beautiful flowers/ For very nice people-- and how!/ But wishing you Birthday gladness--/ That's my weakness now!". Back: Personal letter beginning "Dear Sister", dated Sept 22, 1932. C: Single sheet postcard. Front: Printed image of a witch riding a broomstick in front of houses at sunset. "Hallowe'en Joys/ Here's-wishig-that-this-Hallowe'en/ Will-bring-you-much-delight;/ Its-joys-remain-as-a-parting-gift/ When-the-witches-take-their-flight." Back: Personal letter beginning "Dear Sis + bro:" Postmark: "Cooksville, ILL: Oct 31 PM 1935" 1 cent stamp, Addressed to "Mrs. Wilbur Lesher, Towanda, Illinois."
45	ED2021-54	Glasses	Children's eye glasses from the 1930s. The glass pieces are rimmed in a gold color and the ear pieces are very looped, almost resembling a candy cane shape.
46	ED2021-57	Shell, Sea	A plastic bag containing 8 shell halves (clam shells) of varying sizes and a smaller, plastic bag containing about 22 shell buttons. 6 of the shells have circle-shaped, cut-out holes from button-making. At one point in history, Muscatine, Iowa was considered the "pearl button capital of the world" since its location on the Mississippi river provided a lot of clam shells for pearl button manufacturing. (Items: A-E, G-I= shells, F = small bag of shell button cut outs).
47	ED2021-58	Stereograph	A stereograph with a picture of a man sitting in a boat on a canal in Italy. The image is titled "The Rialto Bridge, Venice" and lays on top of a general, green background color. Stereograph images were viewed through stereoscopes and allowed the viewer to see the image in 3D.
48	ED2021-59	Stereograph	A stereograph with a picture two people sitting underneath a tree on a rural landscape. There is no title for the image. The pictures are surrounded by an orange background color. Stereograph images were viewed through stereoscopes and allowed the viewer to see the image in 3D.
49	ED2021-6	Booklet	Booklet containing photos of KOLO, a Bosnian folk dancing group from Waterloo, Iowa.
50	ED2021-61	Curling Iron	A victorian-era curling iron, with a slim, metal tong base and wooden handles. The user would stick the metal tong base either on a curling iron heater or in the flame of a heat source (i.e. candle) and use the heated tongs to curl their hair.