Bear Canine Tooth Effigy   Save
Hopewell Mound Group
Description: This thin sheet of mica was cut in the form of a bear's canine tooth. One end is pointed, while the other is rounded and there is a hole at the rounded end. The mica is translucent pale yellow and light olive gray in color. This piece comes from Hopewell Culture. In Ohio, the Hopewell Indians (100 B.C.-A.D. 500) built burial mounds and large earthen enclosures in geometric shapes (circles, squares, and octagons) to mark the places where the people gathered periodically to participate in many social and ceremonial events. Some of these sites were quite large - the Newark Earthworks complex extends over a 4-square-mile area. The Hopewell people also maintained a large trade network extending as far as the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, the Florida coast and Appalachians, and northern Lake Superior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0283_000278_002
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Mound-builders; Effigies
Places: Hopewell Mound Group