Shell (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC–AD 1200 (Middle Archaic to Late Pre-Contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions and Paiute (archaeological)
label: Expedition
content: Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition (1924-1927)
label: Expedition leader
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1927 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Thea Heye Cave (Dry Cave #1), Pyramid Lake; Pyramid Lake Reservation; Washoe County; Nevada; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 15/8849
label: Barcode
content: 158849.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shell (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified