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Chris:
I looks like it might be a version of a victorian shell purse....I'll see if I can find a pic....
jamie
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Department of Anthropology &
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Department of Behavioral Sciences
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----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Fennell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:43 am
Subject: Artifact identifcation question
> Dear Listmembers,
>
> An artifact was recently uncovered during some landscape work on the
> grounds of St. Peter's Catholic Church and Rectory in Harpers
> Ferry, West
> Virginia. I would greatly appreciate any information you can
> provide as to
> the identification of this object, its purpose, and likely date of
> manufacture.
>
> Photos of the area in which it was uncovered and of the artifact,
> as well
> as background information about the site (which dates from the 1830s
> onward) are available online at:
>
> http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/cfennell/StPeter2006.html
>
> I suspect it is a form of mussel shell snuff box, but it has some
> unusualcharacteristics.
>
> Many thanks!
> Chris
>
> **********************
> Christopher C. Fennell
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Anthropology
> 109 Davenport Hall, MC-148, 607 S. Mathews Ave.
> University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
> phone: (217) 244-7309 fax: (217) 244-3490
> http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/cfennell
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