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Object Number 46-73-10/90772
Display Title Shell, bivalve ornament, highly worked, incised decoration, perforated at hinge.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, shell, bivalve ornament, highly worked, incised decoration, perforated
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Hohokam
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Maricopa County / <City> / Ciudad de la Mesa
Intrasite Outlying mounds towards Muertos
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 2 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (13/16 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 556c; 46-73-10/52025
Provenance
Collector Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector Frank Hamilton Cushing (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (11/15/1946)

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