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Object Number
95-42-20/C686
Display Title
Spondylus Calcifer shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, shell, utilized shell, spodylus, red pigment
Classification
- Utilized Shell
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Honduras
/
Copan
/
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Copan
/
Copan
Intrasite
Under east side of Mound 9
Materials
Shell Pigment Ceramic Spondylus
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 7.5 cm (4 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition: G.B. Gordon, Director, 1895
Provenance
Collector
Peabody Museum Expedition
Collector
Dr. George Byron Gordon
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