EDShells Minerals Stones and Bones | UNI Museum @ Rod Library

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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	ED1998.10.4	Coaster	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 15x15cm.
2	ED1998.10.5	Coaster	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 15x15cm.
3	ED1998.10.6	Trivet	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 30x30cm.
4	ED1999.1.32	Copper	Native copper
5	ED1999.1.5	Copper	Native copper
6	ED2003.5.1	Bone	A femur bone of a large animal, likely buffalo or something similar sized.
7	ED2003.7.14	Button	Two abalone buttons attached to a card. "Pearl" brand.
8	ED2019-105	Pelt	Tanned rabbit pelt
9	ED2019-136	Figurine	4 miniature models (A-D) of the terracotta soldier statues that were buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, upon his death.
10	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.
11	ED2021-15	Yarn	White yarn, example of finished, spun wool.
12	ED2021-16	Roving	White, tan, brown and gray roving. Roving is wool that has been washed and carded in preparation for spinning.
13	ED2021-182	Hammer, Stone	Round stone attached to a wooden stick with leather strapping.
14	ED2021-28	Quill, Porcupine	8 porcupine quills. Prior to European colonization, porcupine quills were used by Native populations to sew and as decoration. They could be dyed prior to being used as adornment.
15	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.
16	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).
17	ED2021-79	Sherd, Pottery	Three, small pieces of pottery sherd (A-C). All three are a red-brown color.
18	ED2021-8	Obsidian	Triangular shard of obsidian. Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass that is hard and brittle.
19	ED2021-9	Mica	Flakes of mica. Mica is a mineral that is most characterized by its ability to be easily split into thin, flexible sheets.