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Object Number
2004.29.7390
Display Title
Contents of Grave No. I - precious stone beads, celts
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: British Honduras / Kendall / Kendall, Sittee River, British Honduras. Excavations by H.W. Price 1896. / Contents of Grave No. I / The object in the center resting above the suspended breast ornament and beads is a flat piece of jadeite or crystalline limestone having a human face in profile. It has been drilled thru from top to bottom. It has now parted in two down the drilling & shows in that section that it had been drilled from either end to meet in the middle. / The two small cylindrical beads in the string have a deep brown glaze. / From H. W. Price - Cambridge New Zealand. See short description of this exploration in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries, Feb. 16, 1899 Series XVII
Keywords
- Archaeological
Subject
- Stone
- Bead
- Necklace
Department
Photographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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British Honduras
Central America / Belize
Central America / Belize
Additional Geographic Terms
Sittee River, Kendall
Dimensions
Overall: 13.0175 × 10.16 cm (5 1/8 × 4 in.)
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