Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1500-1763
- Culture/People
- probably Calusa (archaeological) (attributed)
- Excavator
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Expedition
- F. K. Seward - William F. Stiles Florida Expedition (1939-1940)
- Expedition sponsor
- Frederick K. Seward (Frederick Kimber Seward), Non-Indian, 1878-1943
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1939 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) during the MAI's F. K. Seward–William F. Stiles Florida Expedition, sponsored by MAI trustee Frederick K. Seward (1878-1943).
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- Place
- Mound 5; Widder Creek and Turtle Bay shell mound; Charlotte County; Florida; USA
- See related items
- Calusa (archaeological)
- Materials: Waste
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/1183
- Barcode
- 201183.000
- Object Type
- Materials: Waste
- Object Name
- Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_214854