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Object Number
996-27-20/75056.2.96
Display Title
Area A, Trench 1, Cache 3
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on Photograph: "[verso] Venado - 1951 - Area A - / Trench 1. This lense of shell / was recorded as Cache 3 in the / belief that it might cap a grave. / Later deposits of this type were / identified as rennants of old beach / because the shells were water / worn."
Department
Photographic
Date
1951
Artist
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Culture
- Coclé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Panama
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Panama
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Venado Beach
Materials
Print, color
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3825 × 16.9863 cm (4 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
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