Turtle shell (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- probably 1650–1680
- Culture/People
- probably Seneca (archaeological) (attributed)
- Excavator
- George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1914 by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) and George Heye.
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- Place
- Skeleton 1A, Trench 1; Raines-Reichelt site, Wheeler Station; East Bloomfield; Ontario County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Seneca (archaeological)
- Materials: Waste
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/1127
- Barcode
- 041127.002
- Object Type
- Materials: Waste
- Object Name
- Turtle shell (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Turtle shell/carapace
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_44332