Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
Culture/People
possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Seller
Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
Previous owner
Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
Collector
Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
Collection History
Collected or excavated by Benjamin Thorne Gilbert (1872-1961, a Utica, New York, investment banker and sculptor with interests in archaeology) while travelling in Mexico in 1905; purchased by George Heye from Benjamin Gilbert in 1905.
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Place
Oaxaca State; Mexico
See related items
Zapotec (archaeological culture)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
3938
Barcode
003938.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Shell/shells
Techniques
Carved, drilled
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63a589a09-4454-4aa5-bca3-60fc68fe7693
Record ID
NMAI_3729