Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1150–1521 (Late Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Aztec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1923 from an unknown source using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Valley of Mexico; Mexico
- Geographical Areas
- Valley of Mexico
- See related items
- Aztec (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 12/3470
- Barcode
- 123470.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_132829