Shell prepared for wampum manufacture
date: label: Date created
content: 1630–1680
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Montauk (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Possible collector
content: Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
label: Previous owner
content: Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
label: Donor
content: Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of amateur naturalist Roy Latham (1881-1979, of Orient, New York) and probably collected by him; donated to MAI in 1917 by Roy Latham.
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place: label: Place
content: Shell midden; Orient; Orient; Suffolk County; New York; USA
label: Island Name
content: Long Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Long Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Montauk (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/4596
label: Barcode
content: 064596.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shell prepared for wampum manufacture
label: Media/Materials
content: Whelk shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Cut