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Object Number 51-25-20/23651
Display Title 1 tooth-shaped shell pendant with perforation
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shell ornament, worked to resemble tooth, perforated
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / Panama / <County> / <City> / Venado Beach
Intrasite Area B, Trench 1; cache 11 6'--8 1/2' section
Additional Geographic Terms Canal Zone
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 3.2 x 0.5 x 0.6 cm (1 1/4 x 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-25-20/23651

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2 tooth-shaped shell pendants
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Ornament
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Ornament
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Ornament
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Ornament
United States
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Ornament
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Faunal Remain
Faunal Remain
Perforator
Utilized bone
Triangular Projectile Point
Corn
Leaf-shaped Projectile Point
Biface
Flake
Scraper
Lanceolate Projectile Point
Utilized Shell
Charred Floral Remain
Utilized Antler
Hahn's Field
Image Not Available for Organic shell ornament, pendant with 2 perforations at top
985-27-10/65775 Organic shell ornament, pendant with 2 perforations at top
Ornament
Shell mound
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46-73-10/57110 Carved shell disks with perforations--cardium shell? largest: 2.7 x 2.3 cm., sm
Ornament
Los Muertos
Shell, rectangular pendant with partial perforation at one end
46-73-10/89042 Shell, rectangular pendant with partial perforation at one end
Ornament
Pueblo de las Canopas
Carved shell disk (cardium?) with single perforation near one edge. 3.4 x 3.3.
46-73-10/57111 Carved shell disk (cardium?) with single perforation near one edge. 3.4 x 3.3.
Ornament
Los Muertos
Shell, iridescent pendant with perforation, broken in two
46-73-10/89048.1 Shell, iridescent pendant with perforation, broken in two
Ornament
Pueblo de las Canopas