European trade artifacts from the Utz Site 23SA2
Brass pendant or ornament that was probably sewn to leather or cloth. Length = 5.45 cm, width = 2.0 cm, thickness = 0.1 cm, weight = 2.1 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor. Line drawing published by Bray (1978: Figure 12b).
Brass pendants that were native made from scrap brass. From Bray (1978: Figure 12).
Brass pendant or ornament that was probably sewn to leather or cloth. Length = 2.8 cm, width = 2.4 cm, thickness = 0.1 cm, weight = 0.9 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Brass wrist and ankle bracelets; all Native made. From Bray (1978: Figure 11).
Brass ring. Diameter = 2.1 cm, width = 0.4 cm, thickness = 0.2 cm, weight = 1.6 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Brass finger rings and coils. From Bray (1978: Figure 10).
Redding type brass sleigh bell with iron clapper. From Bray (1978: Figure 15).
Brass coil. Diameter = 1.7 cm, width = 0.4 cm, thickness = 0.15 cm, weight = 0.4 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Brass tinkler. Length = 5.6 cm, width = 2.1 cm, thickness = 0.1 cm, weight = 5.5 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Brass tinkler. Length = 3.0 cm, width at base = 1.0 cm, thickness = 0.1 cm, weight = 2.7 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Flattened Brass tinkler. Length = 4.1 cm, width at base = 1.2 cm, thickness = 0.1 cm, weight = 5.4 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Brass tinkler. Length = 1.5 cm, width = 0.5 cm, thickness = 0.1 cm, weight = 0.7 grams.
Ex. collection Carl Taylor.
Glass beads (greatly enlarged in size). From Bray (1978: Figure 15).
Helical ear coils, 2 finger rings, and a metal thimble.
Bray, Robert T.
1978 European Trade Goods from the Utz site and the Search for Fort Oreleans. Missouri Arachaeologist Volume 39.
1991 The Utz Site: An Oneota Village in Central Missouri. Missouri Archaeologist Volume 52.
Fowke, Gerard
1910 Antiquities of Central and Southeastern Missouri. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 37.
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