Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1450–1540 (Late Horizon period)
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Major Otto Holstein, Non-Indian, 1883-1934
- Seller
- Major Otto Holstein, Non-Indian, 1883-1934
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased from local residents between 1922 and 1927 by amateur archaeologist Major Otto Holstein (1883-1934, U.S. Army, employed by the Northern Peru Mining and Smelting Company and president of the Trujillo Archaeological Society); purchased by MAI from Major Holstein in 1927 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Chan Chan; Trujillo Province; La Libertad Region; Peru
- See related items
- Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/7310
- Barcode
- 157310.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_168701