Title	Catlinite Figurine
Subject	Geography and Natural Resources American Indians in Ohio Catlinite Figurines Clay figurines
Place	Sandusky County (Ohio) Fremont (Ohio)
Description	This figurine, carved from catlinite, a type of red clay, dates from the historic period, which began around 300 years ago when Europeans first arrived in the region that now includes Ohio. Workmen digging a sewer line in Fremont, Ohio discovered the figurine in 1891. The historic Indian town of Junquiendundeh, where this figurine was created, occupied the land that would later be called Lower Sandusky and is now known as Fremont between 1760 and 1795. The figurine is approximately 5.5" (13.97 cm) tall. Red Minnesota catlinite became a popular trade item among Indian tribes in the Great Lakes area in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. However, it was most frequently carved and drilled to make beads; this human representation is quite rare.
Date of Original	1760 - 1795 circa
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s); A1590/000001
Format	picture; artifacts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	Om1503_1160500_001.tif
Image Height	3008
Image Width	1960
File Size	834.563 KB
Date created	2009-01-05

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