Ear spool (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. Guillermo Bauer (William Bauer/Wilhelm Bauer Thoma), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Dr. Guillermo Bauer (William Bauer/Wilhelm Bauer Thoma), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Dr. Guillermo Bauer (William Bauer/Wilhelm Bauer Thoma), Non-Indian
- MAI agent
- George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
- Artist/Maker
- Marguerite Hill Crandall (Mrs. Lou R. Crandall), Non-Indian, 1896-1988
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated at an unknown date by Dr. Guillermo Bauer (an amateur archaeologist and dealer in Mexico City); purchased by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) from Guillermo Bauer in 1906 during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Matlazinca (Matlincinca); Villa Guerrero Municipality, Coatepec Harinas Region; México State; Mexico
- See related items
- Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/1286
- Barcode
- 011286.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ear spool (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_11313