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Title
Human
head
effigy
Subject
Seip Mound (Ross County, Ohio)
Ohio History -- Natural and Native Ohio
Archaeology
Time Period
Hopewell Culture (100 BC-400 AD)
Place
Paxton Township (Ohio)
Ross County (Ohio)
Description
Small
clay
effigy
of a
human
head
is
mottled
dark
reddish
gray
,
light
reddish
brown
,
black
and
dark
reddish
brown
. The
eyes
are
oval
and
eye
sockets
are
formed
by
deeply
incised
lines
. There are
distinct
eyebrow
ridges
with
some
incised
lines
to
indicate
eyebrows
above
the
right
eye
.
Nose
has
two
indentations
denoting
nostrils
. The
mouth
is
slightly
open
and a
ridge
denotes
the
lower
lip
. There are
projections
on
either
side
for
ears
,
well-shaped
with
ear
and
ear
lobes
.
Behind
the
left
ear
,
running
from the
base
to the
forehead
,
is
a
gash
that
measures
76.6
mm
in
length
.
Behind
the
right
ear
, there
is
a
gash
running
from the
top
of
skull
to the
base
that
measures
74
mm
in
length
.
Base
is
flat
where
the
neck
would
begin
. There
is
a
19.7
mm
hole
in the
base
,
roughly
circular
in
shape
, that
extends
into the
head
. There
is
also a
hole
that
is
3
mm
in
diameter
. The
back
of the
head
is
somewhat
flattened
. On the
top
are
two
holes
,
roughly
6.3
mm
in
diameter
, that
extend
into the
head
.
Gash
across
the
forehead
measures
41.7
mm
in
length
.
Item
has been
extensively
restored
.
Item
was
excavated
from
Seip
Mound
in
Paxton
Township
,
Ross
County
,
Ohio
.
Creator
Hopewell Culture
Date of Original
Hopewell
Culture
(100
BC-400
AD)
Collection
John
Seip
Collection
Source
A
0957
Format
Picture
;
Digital
Image
File
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL07297.tif
Image Height
3264
Image Width
3264
File Size
23983952 Bytes
Notes
Item
on
display
in
Windows
to
Our
Collections
as of
July
2006.
;
Copyright
Notes
:
OHS
holds
copyright
to this
photograph
of the
object.
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
;
Museum
Catalog
Number
: A
0957/000123
;
Color
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-03
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