Shell

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Date created: AD 1-600

Culture/People: probably Saladoid (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
MAI agent: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927

Collection History: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1914 by Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean) during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Kitchen midden; Mayaro County; Trinidad; Trinidad and Tobago
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Trinidad
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Saladoid (archaeological culture); Materials: Waste

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3/6109
Barcode: 036109.000

Object Type: Materials: Waste

Object Name: Shell
Media/Materials: Shell/shells
Techniques: Unmodified

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws644868881-21ba-4e2f-98a4-9740a59562d9

Record ID: NMAI_38664