Horace Kephart's box

Horace Kephart's box

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

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Artifacts (object genre)

Horace Kephart's box_(a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with ''ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St. Paul Portland Ore. Oakland''; stamped label on box ''This Article Was The Personal Property Of Horace Kephart''; Size: Length: 8.5'' Width: 3.5'' Height: 3.5''; Contents of Box: (b, c, d) 3 projectile points (e, f, g) 3 teeth, two possibly bear teeth and one horse?; (h) 1 tooth fragment (i, j, k, l, m) 5 snail shells (n) 1 other shell, white, with green tint (seashell) (o, p, q) 3 tile fragments, composed of square tiles (0.25''), fragments have 9,5,4 tiles respectively (r, s) 2 Native American artifacts, small stones with the sides flattened (t) 1 tooth fragment with a hole bored through the center (u, v, w) 2 quartz crystals/fragments and 1 asbestos? (x, y, z, aa) 4 flat-sided stones, 3 have writing. 1 has ''A.J.'' inscribed on it, the writing on the other two are indecipherable. (bb) 1 metal rod, thin, rusted (8.75'' long) (gun cleaning rod?) (cc) 1 small stone disk, white (.25'' thick) (dd) 1 small round stone (ee) 1 black painted wooden cabinet knob(?) (ff) 1 yellow-tan stone with odd protrusion (gg) 1 small black wooden fragment (hh) 1 Native American artifact, broken rectangular frame shape, stone marked by dots on most of the piece and lines on the corners and edges (ii) envelope with 6 metal nuts.

Unknown

73-01

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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artifacts (object genre)

eng

StillImage

32630

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/32630

2005-07-14

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Length: 8.5'' Width: 3.5'' Height: 3.5''(dimension)

Horace Kephart