Ritual offering (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800–1140 (Pueblo I to Pueblo II period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Frederic Ward Putnam, Non-Indian, 1839-1915
label: Previous owner
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
label: Seller
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by Frederic Ward Putnam during the summer of 1900; catalogued as part of the Hyde Collection at the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) at an unknown date; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Room 161 (Estufa 161), log 2; Pueblo Bonito ruins, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/4903
label: Barcode
content: 064903.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ritual offering (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Turquoise, shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified