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Bead/beads (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)
Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1906.
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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
8159
Barcode
008159.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Jade
Techniques
Ground, polished, drilled
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws668bc4b93-8fa8-4ee8-b7f4-3dff967161a7
Record ID
NMAI_8289