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Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit
Description: This cylindrical vial with a rubber stopper contains red ocher, a powdered iron ore. The vial comes from the Glacial Kame Culture, which probably used red ocher as a pigment for body paint. The Glacial Kame people are noted for their emphasis on ceremony, but their daily lives were much like those of other Archaic cultures. They hunted with spears aided by spear throwers. Deer, their major source of meat, also provided antler tines that were made into tools for pressure flaking flint knives and spear points, or into harpoons for fishing. Deer leg bones were cut and ground into sharp-pointed awls for sewing and basket making. Slate and coal from glacial deposits were made into ornaments, perhaps for "everyday" use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A4786_000063
Subjects: Indians of North America; Prehistoric peoples; Ocher;
Places: Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit