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Object Number
38-83-20/6199
Display Title
Perforated shell ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Ornament, perforated, shell
Inventory Description
Organic, shell, ornament, pendant, broad at one end, perforated narrow end
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Peten
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/
<City>
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Uaxactun
Intrasite
Fill in Burial Pyramid I, A-V, A Group (1936)
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm (2 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-83-20/6199; 4668
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