Could this be some sort of game piece?


 


 

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From: Missouri Archaeology <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Help with artifact ID; possible association with enslaved African Americans in Missouri










See link below for images of the small cast bronze object embossed
with unique writing or symbols and a quadruped that looks like a rhino or
elephant.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39860575@N03/




On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Missouri Archaeology <
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> Dear All,
>
> I need help identifying a small cast bronze object embossed with unique
> writing or symbols and a quadruped that looks like a rhino or elephant.
> This object was found during a metal detection survey of a site
> in Boonville, Missouri, which was occupied almost continuously from the
> 1820s through the mid-1990s. An original single-pen log cabin is at the
> center of the present house (and completely visible on the interior). An
> early 20th century rear addition and the original outbuildings didn't
> survive. Oral information suggests that one of the razed buildings was a
> slave quarters and that at least one of the long-time antebellum occupants
> was a slave owner. The piece was found about eight inches below the surface
> on the rear portion of the lot at the spot where the possible quarters
> stood.  If you are interested or think you can help, then send me an email
> and I will forward you some images.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
>
> Timothy E. Baumann, Ph.D. , RPA
>
> Curator of Collections
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> Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology
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> Indiana University
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