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Point, Spear - 1900 circa
A Metal Blade with a Narrow Handle and Wide Blade. the Handle Has a Trough Through It. the Blade Has Nearly Rusted All Over. the Tip Has a Small Bend in It.
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Quiver - 1900 circa
A container full of arrows. The thin arrows are 9.5" long with a sharpened point. The wooden arrows have tiny triangular shaped leaves through a slit near the end opposite the point. The container is made of the bark of a tree stitched in a cylinder form with grass. The base of the container is made of wood as is the top of the container's lid. There is a twisted piece of grass blade that circles the container.
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Tray - 1900 circa
The Item Is a Small Circular Brass Tray. a Rim of .25" Surrounds the Dish. the Flat Rim Is About .5" Wide and Has Dots Punched in the Brass. the Dots Are in a Diagonal Pattern. the Flat Surface of the Bottom Has a Decorative Design of Holes Punched in the Center. the Center Is Diamond Shaped and At Each Tip Is a Circle with Four Smaller Holes Inscribed. Each Indentation Is Hand Stamped.
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Bowl - 1900 circa
The Item Is a Small Round Brass Bowl. the Sides Are Decorated in Two Layers of Designs. the First Row Near the Top At the Rim Has Three Curved Rows. Underneath That Are Just Two Or Three Rows of Curves Going Down. the Bottom Has Eight Points Expanding Out From a Center. the Brass Lid Has an Abstract Design of Dots That Form Loops and Circles. Around the Handle Which Projects From the Top and Center of the Lid, Is a Five Pointed Star with Ci...
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Needle, Textile Making - 1900 circa
Babutu Tribe weaver's needle comprised of a slender pointed piece of steel. One end is shaped into a flattened spear, shaped like an almond. Metal is scarred just below the flattened head.
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Needle, Textile Making - 1900 circa
Babutu Tribe weaver's needle comprised of a slender pointed piece of steel with a flattened triangular tip at one end. Tip is engraved with lines.
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Basket
Long, rectangular basket woven of red, dark-brown, and black straw. The sides of the basket have triangular designs done in red, dark brown, and black.
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Crestmoreite
Small sample of tan opaque crestmoreite intergrown in massive blue calcite with tiny crystals of pale yellow green vesuvianite crystals.
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Hematite
Large, though light, blocky sample of brick red earthy hematite. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 109.
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Nickeline
Sample of massive pale coppery metallic nickeline in massive colorless to white quartz. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 117. It was a part of the college's original acquisition from Thomas Cooper in 1821.
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Chalcopyrite
Rock sample composed of brassy yellow, metallic, massive, slightly iridescent chalcopyrite with white massive mineral (plagioclase feldspar) and a pearly mineral in radiating fibrous habit (talc or pyrophyllite). Although record in the Historic Catalog could not be determined, a handwritten historic label in Thomas Cooper's handwriting is associated with the specimen.
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Samarskite
A large, polished slab of massive, black, sub-metallic samarskite. One surface has been cut and polished. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Betafite
A large, isolated, partial crystal of octahedral, dull, brown betafite. ** RADIOACTIVE ** Chemical Composition: (Ca, Na, U)2 (Ti, Nb, Ta)2 O6 Z(OH)
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Uraninite
A large partial crystal of dull, brown uraninite with orange gummite alteration in a granitic matrix. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Uraninite
A large, dull, brown, squared crystal of uraninite with silvery muscovite mica in a granitic matrix. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Uraninite
Three reddish-brown, vitreous crystal fragments of uraninite embedded in brownish, silvery mica. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Uraninite
A single squared crystal of dull, brown uraninite embedded in colorless, massive quartz. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Uraninite
At least three large squared crystals of dull, black uraninite with a thin margin of brown gummite alteration embedded in a granitic pegmatite. There is also yellow, waxy uranophane associated with the uraninite. An additional fragment of uraninite crystal has broken from the main mass. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Uranophane
A sample of granitic rock matrix - which is composed of colorless massive quartz, silvery muscovite mica, and gray feldspar - with a vein of waxy, yellow uranophane and two small crystals of dull, black uraninite. ** RADIOACTIVE **
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Quilt - 1860
Hand made by Eliza Shuler, approx. 1850, during Sherman's March from Charleston to Columbia. Eliza Shuler took slaves and buried, china, etc., in the Four Holes Swamp. Water marks on the quilt are where box leaked while in swamp. Eliza and James Shuler lived in Providence, S.C. and had seven children. One of these, Mattie Elizabeth, married George Edward Fairey. Their daughter, Bernice Elizabeth Fairey, married Theodore E. Boone. They are t...
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Jug, Face - 1989
Alkaline-glazed stoneware face jug with applied clay features; crockery teeth, earring, goatee, mustache. Smooth olive and brown color - more of a feldspathic glaze than the alkaline glaze pieces coming out of Georgia or South Carolina.
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Churn - 12/25/1989
Alkaline-glazed stoneware churn with one ear handle and one loop handle (opposite) with lid.
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Quilt - 1875 circa
Object is a rectangular shaped "cradle cover" trimmed in burgundy velvet. Center patchwork pattern is designed with concentric circles with red, gold and blue stitching on black background.
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Bowl, Mixing - 1990 circa
Salt-glazed stoneware bowl with light blue glazed interior. Blue stripes and wavy lines across interior. Six setter marks on rim. Glazed base with "WMH" stamp.
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Jug - 1988 circa
A small, alkaline-glazed jug with a single loop handle. Green-brown drip glaze.
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Quilt - 1980
Original design quilt, "Hills and Valleys". All machine stitching, including quilting, on an industrial machine. Cook is a native of Pickens, SC. She worked at the Hardin Plant in Easley, SC until 1970. Purchased at "Pioneer Farm Days" Dacusville (Pickens County), SC. Horton ranking 1
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Quilt - 1862 circa
This red satin baby quilt is stitched with a diamond pattern and a floral center with a scroll pattern around the edge. It was originally a gift to Anne Winstock, great-grandmother of the donor.
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Quilt - 1896
Nine patch quilt with light blue stripping separating each block. There are 16 blocks each with 9 squares. Color and fabric patterns vary from light blue, tan, white print, tan check, black check, 4 pink squares, 2 black and white squares. Border with grey check. Made of cotton and linen. Batting is a thin layer of cotton. Backing is pieced muslin meal sacks with faded printing. Binding is a continuation of check border. Some colors faded...
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Chain, Watch
This is a Gold-Colored watch chain with a fob and clasp. It is made of a conical arrangement of rings with an opening fastener.
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Pitcher - 1880 circa
This cylindrical stoneware pitcher with cream colored glaze has a pouring spout, banded rim and base, and a single handle attached vertically at the upper and lower body. The handle is rectangular in its cross section. The English maker's mark stamped on the base consists of a central crest flanked on the right by a unicorn, on the left by a lion, and is surmounted by the word "warranted."
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