Spherical/ball-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann, Non-Indian, 1867-1938
- Previous owner
- Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann, Non-Indian, 1867-1938
- Seller
- Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann, Non-Indian, 1867-1938
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated at an unknown date by amateur archaeologist Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann (1867-1938, a physician stationed in Central America); purchased by MAI from Thomas Gann in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Belize
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Unknown Function
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 8/1927
- Barcode
- 081927.000
- Object Type
- Unknown Function
- Object Name
- Spherical/ball-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_88193