Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2500 BC–AD 1200 (Middle Archaic to Late Pre-Contact period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions and Paiute (archaeological)
- Expedition
- Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition (1924-1927)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1927 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Thea Heye Cave (Dry Cave #1), Pyramid Lake; Pyramid Lake Reservation; Washoe County; Nevada; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/8765
- Barcode
- 158765.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_169905