Ear spool
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Ostionoid Traditions
label: Seller
content: Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
label: Previous owner
content: Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José Felix Seijo (1879-ca. 1950), a Puerto Rican coffee farmer, census taker, judge, and collector; purchased from Felix Seijo in 1912 by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology who worked in the Caribbean) while acting on behalf of George Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Puerto Rico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3/1995
label: Barcode
content: 031995.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ear spool
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground