Artifacts on display from Colonial Michilimackinac's House D

The nine-year excavation of Colonial Michilimackinac's House D (Southeast Row House next to the Solomon-Levy House) has been completed. The following artifacts were retrieved from the site and are on display at the entrance to the "Treasures from the Sand" archaeology exhibit at the reconstructed fort:

A typical French-Canadian, green-glazed pitcher fragment - The pitcher belonged to the Gabriel and Suzanne Bolon family during the summer trading seasons of the 1730s and 1740s. A variety of necklace beads used in the fur trade were found as well.
Native American pot fragments - The Anishnabeg fished the Straits every summer for hundreds of years. The fragments were found in the bottom layer of the site, indicating the pot was made and broken before the fort was built.
A button and braid fragments - A British military officer used the house during the American Revolution. The button and braid came from his uniform.
A clay medallion showing Jesus and Mary - Found at the edge of the yard, the location indicates it may have belonged to someone who lived in the next house. No other clay medallions have been found on site.
Glass stones from fancy cufflinks - Worn by fashionable off-duty Michilimackinac officers.
A billiard ball fragment - In a diary entry from February 8, 1771, Surgeon's Mate Daniel Morrison recorded a fight "in the Billiard Room" witnessed by several officers. The ball was most likely used at the same billiard table.
Military Supplies - Iron grape shot, a bayonet piece, and a barrel band engraved with the King's arrow.
A brass-handled stamp for sealing documents - Stamps used with sealing wax closed official correspondence.