Labret/Lip plug (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: (unknown first name) Rosenkranz, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Ethnological Museum of Berlin (Ethnologisches Museum/Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the "Rosenkranz collection" (possibly Otto Rosenkranz, 1846-1938, a German consul living in Merida); acquired by the Ethnological Museum of Berlin (Berlin, Germany) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Ethnological Museum of Berlin in 1913.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mérida; Mérida Municipality, Influencia Metropolitana Region; Yucatán State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Maya (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3/3784
label: Barcode
content: 033784.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled