Discoidal (Game Stone)
CultureLate Mississippian, Cahokia site, St. Claire County, Illinois
Dateca. 1400
MediumQuartzite
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 2 1/4 inches (1.91 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Marder Fund
Object number2016.81.2
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DescriptionA white colored round stone with a 1/4" deep depression on both the top and bottom sides.Provenance
Purchased from Steve Elwood by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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