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Object Number 46-73-10/87032
Display Title Shell, bivalve with center ground away, perforated at top
Descriptions
Object Description Shell, bivalve with center ground away, perforated at topshell, with skeleton 4847.
Inventory Description Organic, shell ornament, bivalve with center ground away, perforated at top
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / <City> / Halonawan
Intrasite With skeleton 4847 [87007.0].
Additional Geographic Terms Camp Cibola
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm (1 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 4871
Provenance
Collector Frank Hamilton Cushing (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (11/15/1946)

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