Shell gorget - shells cut wedge-shaped – Objects

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Object Number 38-51-30/1688

Display Title Shell gorget - shells cut wedge-shaped

Descriptions

Department Archaeological

Culture

Late Chimu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Peru

Additional Geographic Terms Lambayeque

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	46-78-70/2425	Earring or ornament of 2 wedge shaped shells, held by beads and +	Earring	Caroline Islands
	46-78-70/2350	Crescent shaped gorget cut from pearl oyster shell with incised designs	Pendant	Torres Strait Islands
	42-12-30/3622	Cut shells - together form a cone-shaped object; both have 2 holes on +	Ornament	Peru
	46-77-30/6067	13 cut shell ornaments - miscellaneous parts from one or more assembled gorget	Bead	Peru
	46-77-30/6145	Pieces of miscellaneous cut shell from an assembled gorget	Bead	Irrigacion la Vina Hacienda Humaya Huacho?
Image Not Available for Fragment or very large pectunculus shell gorget, outside originally cut down for	46-73-10/90801	Fragment or very large pectunculus shell gorget, outside originally cut down for		Ciudad de la Mesa
	2003.1.1007	Shells, 3 cowries w/cut tops, flat spiral shells of varying sizes	Shell
	63-21-50/10672	Pinkish-brown ware potsherd - deeply incised wedge-shaped cuts	Sherd	Ghana
	999-22-10/77677	Organic, worked animal bone, metapodial fragment, possible scraper or beamer; worked animal bone awl fragment; animal bones and fragments; animal tooth; worked antler fragment, hollowed; gastropod shells; bivalve shell fragment; worked bivalve shell fragments, two perforated; burned corn kernals; chipped stone, flakes; biface fragments; projectile points, triangular; projectile point, leaf-shaped; projectile point, lanceolate; scraper	Utilized bone Faunal Remain Faunal Remain Perforator Flake Charred Floral Remain Scraper Biface Lanceolate Projectile Point Utilized Shell Leaf-shaped Projectile Point Utilized Antler Corn Triangular Projectile Point	Hahn's Field
Image Not Available for 6 shells; 1 cut bone?; 1 stone flake	78-18-10/37457	6 shells; 1 cut bone?; 1 stone flake		Shell heap
Image Not Available for 9 cut shells (crescents).	58-8-10/36051	9 cut shells (crescents).	Utilized Shell	Baldwin County
	44-31-30/4297.1	Shell necklace - cylindrical and pear-shaped shells	Bead	Peru

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