Worked shell

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Date created: AD 1200-1500

Culture/People: probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition leader: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Expedition: Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1919)

Collection History: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1919 by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during MAI's 1919 Cuba archaeological expedition.
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Place: Above La Patana; La Papaya mesa village site, Gran Tierra de Maya; Patana; Maisí Municipality; Guantánamo Province; Cuba
Archipelago: Greater Antilles
Island Name: Cuba
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture); Materials: Waste

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 9/2336
Barcode: 092336.000

Object Type: Materials: Waste

Object Name: Worked shell
Media/Materials: Shell/shells
Techniques: Cut

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6dced430d-d7fe-43f7-8400-35410583d8e5

Record ID: NMAI_99583