Worked shell
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1200-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible excavator
content: (unknown first name) Mosquera, Non-Indian
label: Possible excavator
content: Cecilio Mosquera, Non-Indian
label: Expedition
content: Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1915)
label: Expedition leader
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by local residents Cecilio Mosquera and his brother at an unknown date or excavated in 1915 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: La Patana village site; Patana; Maisí Municipality; Guantánamo Province; Cuba
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Cuba
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (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: 4/4879
label: Barcode
content: 044879.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked shell
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells, conch shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Ground, cut