Large shell pendants with drilled holes

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Object Number 92-37-10/49008

Display Title Large shell pendants with drilled holes

Descriptions

Object Description Large shell pendants with drilled holes

Inventory Description Organic, shell, ornament, two perforations, etched interior design

Classification

Ornament

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Tennessee / Meigs County / Hiwassee Island / Jolly Mound 2

Materials Shell

Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 11.5 x 2.8 cm (3 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 92-37-10/49008

Provenance

Provenance John W. Emmert (1892)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.1.19	Metal, personal, pendant, anthropomorphic, triangular body with 3 drilled holes	Pendant Raw Material	Europe
Image Not Available for Worked stone with large central perforation and 2 holes drilled at one end	99-29-10/56071	Worked stone with large central perforation and 2 holes drilled at one end		McDowell County
	40-77-40/11453	Fragmentary amber pendant with at least 3 drilled holes	Pendant Raw Material	Vinica
	42-12-30/3622	Cut shells - together form a cone-shaped object; both have 2 holes on +	Ornament	Peru
Image Not Available for Drilled shell pendant	15-6-10/90391.2	Drilled shell pendant	Ornament	Dehelka C
	07-1-20/C4030	Large shell pendants	Ornament	Chihuahua
	92-37-10/49008.1	Organic, utilized shell, gorget with 2 perforations, incised decoration	Utilized Shell	Jolly Mound 2
	52-2-10/33501	Archaeological, ground stone pendant with four drilled holes, one edge has several small incised lines.	Pendant	Trenton
	86-46-10/A3888	Ground stone gorget fragments, most siltstone, some with two drilled holes, some with one or partial drilled holes	Gorget	Turpin Homestead Site; Ohio State Site # 33HA28 (105; 19)
	46-77-30/6319	Shell ornament with 2 holes	Ornament	Vilcoshuara
Image Not Available for Shell pendants	03-24-20/C3602	Shell pendants	Ornament	Guerrero
	58-34-20/31986	Marine shells - holes drilled in two - Northeast Colonnade.		Chichen Itza

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