Shell (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1050–1450 (Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition leader
content: Frank Hamilton Cushing, Non-Indian, 1857-1900
label: Expedition
content: Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, 1886-1894
label: Previous owner
content: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1887 by members of the Hemenway Southwestern Expedition, led by anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900); part of the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, until 1905 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Peabody Museum.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Los Muertos Ruins, Salt River; Maricopa County; Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6240
label: Barcode
content: 006240.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shell (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Fossil
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified