Coquina fragment
date: label: Date
content: late 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Miriam B. Wilson, American, 1879 - 1959
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A coquina fragment. The fragment is composed of compressed seashells and seashell fragments. The fragment is tan in color with tan, off-white, white, and brown shell, sand, and rock inclusions; including visible striated clamshell fragments. The coquina fragment is tear shaped. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R193], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted at center.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.21.55
objectType: label: Type
content: fossils
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: coquina
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 5 5/16 × 4 1/4 in. (3.5 × 13.5 × 10.8 cm)