Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1300-1580 (Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly South Appalachian Mississippian: Lamar (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Margaret E. Ashley (Margaret E. Ashley Towle), Non-Indian, 1902-1985
label: Donor
content: Margaret E. Ashley (Margaret E. Ashley Towle), Non-Indian, 1902-1985
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1926 by archaeologist Margaret E. Ashley (Margaret E. Ashley-Towle, 1902-1985) when she was a student at Columbia University; donated to MAI by Margaret E. Ashley in 1927.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: 12 miles southeast of Milledgeville; Oconee River; Milledgeville; Baldwin County; Georgia; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: South Appalachian Mississippian: Lamar (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: 15/2121
label: Barcode
content: 152121.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Ground