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Object Number 13-26-10/85216
Display Title Olivella shells
Descriptions
Object Description Olivella shells
Inventory Description Shells, olivella shells, unmodified
Classification
  • Shell
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Olivella
Dimensions Overall: 2.4 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (15/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 13-26-10/85216
Provenance
Collector Prof. Charles C. Willoughby (1913)
Donor Augustus Hemenway (1913)

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