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Object Number 34-159-30/896
Display Title Necklace of 21 flat shell beads, 1 cylindrical shell bead, 1 carnelian bead
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, shell beads, discoidal and 1 tubular, 1 stone tubular bead, on wire
Classification
  • Bead
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela / Carabobo
Intrasite Los Tamarindos trench, found with bones of child directly under urn of burial 7
Additional Geographic Terms La Cabrera; Lake Valencia
Materials Shell, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 0.4 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (3/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 23
Label on object 34-159-30/896

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