Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1000–1850 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Central California: Late Period (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- August F. Mayer, Non-Indian, ca. 1869-1952
- Seller
- August F. Mayer, Non-Indian, ca. 1869-1952
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of August F. Mayer (ca. 1869-1952, a farmer in Alpaugh, California); purchased by MAI from August Mayer in 1926.
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- Place
- Alpaugh; Tulare County; California; USA
- See related items
- Central California: Late Period (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 14/8176
- Barcode
- 148176.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Limpet shell/shells
- Techniques
- Cut
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_159214