Inlay/mosaic pieces (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 1000 BC–AD 1550 (Middle Formative to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
label: Seller
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Lou R. Crandall, Non-Indian, 1893-1978
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Marguerite Hill Crandall (Mrs. Lou R. Crandall), Non-Indian, 1896-1988
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1956 from Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967, a primitive art dealer and later director of the Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles) using funds donated by Lou R. Crandall (1893-1978) and his wife Marguerite Hill Crandall (1896-1988).
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: Palenque; Palenque Municipality, Selva Region; Chiapas State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Maya (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Prepared
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/4956
label: Barcode
content: 224956.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Prepared
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Inlay/mosaic pieces (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled, inlaid