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Paul Esselborn Collection
Description: Tool was made from a large, curved antler tine. A single beaver incisor pierces the item where it curves. The sharp edge of the tooth might have been used for engraving. The distal tip of the antler has three incised lines around the extreme end. The antler is pitted from weathering. It has been broken in several pieces and repaired. There are several chips missing from the beaver tooth. Item was excavated from Hilltop Mound in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07131
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Scioto County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology; Intrusive Mound Culture (A.D. 500-900)
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)