Worked turtle shell (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- AD 1600–1700
- Culture/People
- probably Cayuga (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Elisha Richardson Bradley (E. R. Bradley), Non-Indian, 1865-1943
- Seller
- Elisha Richardson Bradley (E. R. Bradley), Non-Indian, 1865-1943
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of amateur archaeologist Elisha Richardson Bradley (1865-1943); purchased by MAI from Elisha R. Bradley in 1937.
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- Place
- Genoa; Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Cayuga (archaeological)
- Materials: Waste
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 19/1556
- Barcode
- 191556.000
- Object Type
- Materials: Waste
- Object Name
- Worked turtle shell (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Turtle shell/carapace
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_204885