Casts of two "Soper" tablets and pipe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: ACC 3483 'CAT.' 1264. FOUR PLASTER CASTS OF TABLETS FOUND IN A MOUND IN MICHIGAN - C.H. THROP 1896. SEE BACK OF PAGE FOR NOTE. NOTE FOR T-16721: TWO CASTS OF EACH STONE TABLETS, MICHIGAN. THESE OBJECTS ARE DESCRIBED IN OLD BOOK IN PROCESSING LAB CALLED '1885-1901 - ENTRIES: ACC. AND RETURNS'. ENTRY UNDER NUMBER 1264, RECEIVED MAR. 19, 1896 SAYS: 'TWO TABLETS AND A PIPE OF TERRA COTTA. MOUND, MICH. RECEIVED FROM C.H. THROP. BIG RAPIDS, MICH. TWO CASTS MADE AND RETAINED - FRAUDS. TEMP. ACC. NUMBER 3483.' T
label: Notes
content: Type "found" in Montcalm County, but probably some from Mecosta too. See Francis Kelsey, 1908, "Archeological Forgeries from Michigan" American Anthropologist, vol. 10(1):48-59.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Big Rapids, near, Mecosta County, Michigan, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: AT16721-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cast