Disc
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Lead
Geography
Fort Albany, Ontario
Date
1678-1720
Period
17th & 18th Centuries
Object number
970.391.3559
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
Archaeologists recovered this lead disc and several more like it from a former Hudson's Bay Company post, Fort Albany, in Ontario. The precise function of these objects is unknown; it is possible that they served as tokens of some sort or as gaming pieces.
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