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Object Number 46-73-10/89299
Display Title Shell, bivalve, highly worked and perforated at hinge.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, shell, bivalve, highly worked and perforated at hinge
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Maricopa County / <City> / Los Guanacos
Additional Geographic Terms Salado, Lower
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.4 cm (1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 3757c; 46-73-10/52019; XI
Provenance
Collector Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector Frank Hamilton Cushing (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (11/15/1946)

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