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Items from the General Museum's Archaeological Catalogue that were transferred to the Anthropology Collection in 1939 as Accession 212
All numbers are from the General Museum’s original catalogue of archaeological materials.
These five items are still in the Anthropology Department’s collection (per Matt Edling).
11. Pounded copper flakes from the ancient mines of Isle Royale. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
62. One iron arrow-point, from near Young Men's Butte. Dakota. Presented by D. P. Jones.
140. Stone implement from Chickamauga creek, near the battle ground, Tenn. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
204. Hand-hatchet. Four-inches by two; of a dark green-stone. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890.
215. Large stone axe head. Near Enon Valley, Lawrence Co., Pa. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1891.
The following items are currently in the Minnesota Historical Society Collections.
5. Quartz chippings (coarse), Little Falls, Minn. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
8. Copper spear point. Medicine Lake, near Minneapolis. Presented by Henry W. Howling.
9. Stone hammers, from the ancient mines of Isle Royale. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
20. Stone hammer, withed, from near the Lower Agency on the Minnesota River. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
37. Quartz arrow-head chippings, (unassorted), Pike Rapids. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
38. Quartz fragments and chippings (also two pieces of gneiss), dug from the alluvium at Little Falls. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
43. Gunflints, (2 specimens) Found at Gunflint Lake in 1878. by N. H. Winchell.
56. Pearl ornament, somewhat heart-shaped, from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston. This object was identified as being a funerary item so it is currently in the process of repatriation.
65. One stone slab, 18 inches in length, apparently used for rubbing and tanning skins. From Dakota. Presented by Col. J. B. Clough.
69. Stone ax, withed, of dark dioryte, found near Albert Lea. Presented by Rev. L. J. Hauge.
83. Angular fragments of chert (chipped ?). Found between Mankato and South Bend, and presented by Rev. Louis J. Hauge.
109. Implement (hide-dresser) of trappean rock. From Decatur, Ala. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
110. Fragments (eighty-one) of Indian pottery. From Eastport, Mississippi. Presented by C. L. Herrick.
114. Bit of red substance from stratum, Little Falls, Minn. Presented November 10, 1882, by Frances E. Babbitt.
124. Specimens of pottery (forty-five pieces), from Mille Lacs, Minn. Presented January 5, 1884, by O. E. Garrison.
127. Stone implement (one), from Mille Lacs, Minn. Presented January 5, 1884, by O. E. Garrison.
129. Stone hammer (one), from Illinois.' By purchase from Wm. Howling, 1884.
130. Stone hammers (two), from Long Lake, Minnesota. By purchase from Wm. Howling, 1884
131. Stone implement found in digging the foundation of Hanover College, Jefferson county, Ind., on the Ohio river bluff. By purchase at the New Orleans industrial and cotton centennial exposition, from-Powers, 1885.
132. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio River. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
134. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river bluff. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
138. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
141. Stone pestle from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
145. Four stone axes from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
149. Stone disk from top of Lookout mountain, Ala. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
150. Stone disk from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
152. Chert spear-head. Near Lexington, Scott county, Ind. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
191. Old pipe, plowed up at St. Paul, Minn.
199. Stone hammer grooved but roughly finished. West of Big Stone Lake, Dak. Surface find. Presented by N. H. Winchell. Mch. 1st, 1886.
206. Pestle. Of quartzite. Much worne. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890.
216. Stone axe head. Near St. Louis Mo. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1891.
224. Stone net sinker, used by Indians in S. Carolina. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
Location of the remaining 212 items below is currently unknown.
10. Charred wood, from the ancient mines of Isle Royale. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
63. Small stone hammer, withed. From Michigan. Presented by N. H. Winchell.
86. Arrow-points of flint and chert; three, all notched at base. Records lost.
113. One piece of obsidian from lake Minnewaska. Presented by Dan. F. Bartke, of Glennwood, Minn., March 14, 1884.
142. Stone pestle from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 18S5.
144. Stone implement from southern Indiana, near the Ohio river. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
153. Large chert hoe. Mississippi river, Ballard county, Ky. By purchase from Powers, 1885.
201. Personal trinkets of John Otter Tail, a Chippewa Indian of Vermilion lake. Collected and presented by H.V. Winchell. August, 1887.
207. Three rounded stones. One of white quartz, 27 ounces in weight; two smaller ones somewhat disk-like. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, New Galilee, Pa. Aug. 1890
208. Three rough stones with excavations on them (paint-cups?) From same.
220. Stone scraper, same locality. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
221. Stone scraper, same locality. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
223. Rounded stone supposed to have been used in games; Penna. By exchange with H.W. Williamson, 1891
The following items were human remains or burial objects. Their location is currently unknown.
13. Blue-glass bead, from the mounds at Big Stone Lake. Collected by N. H. Winchell.
14. Perforated bone disk (bead ?), taken from the mounds at Big Stone Lake by N. H. Winchell.
51. Two copper ear pendants (tubular, one has hair in it), from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston.
53. One large, brown, glass bead, from mounds near St. Peter. Deposited in the museum by J. Blackiston.
78. Copper chisel, 1 to 1 1/3 inches wide, 7 inches long. From the same mound with the preceding. Presented by John H. Mosse.
200. Bone whistle. From a mound on top of a butte N.W. of Mandan, Dak. (1882) When found it was nearly covered with some kind of a braided fiber, but which was decayed so it fell off. Presented March 8th, 1886 by H.V. Winchell.