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Object Number
31-14-10/A7448
Display Title
Perforated turtle shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, bone, perforated turtle shell
Classification
- Utilized bone
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Florida
/
Brevard County
/
Melbourne
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm (1 1/8 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
A7448
Provenance
Provenance
E. P. Singleton
(1928)
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for Fragments of turtle shell
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Utilized bone
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Copan
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Image Not Available
for Cut piece of turtle shell
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Utilized bone
|
Madisonville
| |
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Ornament
Raw Material | ||
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Utilized bone
|
Barton Ramie
| |
| 56-30-20/21157.2 | Turtle shell disc |
Utilized bone
|
Barton Ramie
| |
| 56-30-20/21157 | Turtle shell discs |
Utilized bone
|
Barton Ramie
| |
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Effigy
|
Hacienda Florida
| |
| 27-11-10/96606 | Turtle shells |
Utilized Shell
|
Chavez Cave
| |
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Ornament
|
La Cabrera
| |
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Raw Material
Whorl |
Tucano?
| |
| 28-3-10/96832 | Turtle shell and skeleton fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Cave 6
| |
| 05-19-10/64747 | Ladle with turtle shell. Made of hard wood (maple?). 37.5x8.3 cm. |
Ladle
|
Ontario
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