Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1550 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Frank E. Ellis, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Frank E. Ellis, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank E. Ellis; purchased by MAI from Frank Ellis in 1917.
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- Place
- Stewart County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/1432
- Barcode
- 061432.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_66389