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Object Number
80-20-10/21540
Display Title
Strand of 42 shell beads
Descriptions
Object Description
Shell beads.
42 marine shell beads, larger ones made from Busycon collumae, smaller ones from Busycon and probably Quahog
Inventory Description
Organic, shell beads, discoidal
Classification
- Bead
Department
Archaeological
Date
A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
- Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arkansas
/
Cross County
/
<City>
/
Fortune Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS71
Intrasite
3 ft. deep
Additional Geographic Terms
St. Francis River, E. side of
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 1.5 x 1.9 cm (9/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
42
Label on object
21.540
Provenance
Collector
Edwin Curtiss
(01/01/1880)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(04/01/1880)
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