Labret/Lip plug
date: label: Date created
content: 500 BC-AD 1100
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Huecoid, Saladoid, and Mamoran Troumassoid Traditions
label: Seller
content: Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (S. W. Howes), Non-Indian, 1883-1927
label: Collector
content: Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (S. W. Howes), Non-Indian, 1883-1927
label: Previous owner
content: Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (S. W. Howes), Non-Indian, 1883-1927
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (1883-1927, manager of Trant's estate on Montserrat), probably in the early 1900s; purchased by MAI from Seymour Howes in 1924.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Trant's Estate; Trant's; Saint Georges Parish; Montserrat
label: Archipelago
content: Lesser Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Montserrat
label: Island Grouping
content: Leeward Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 12/6969
label: Barcode
content: 126969.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Labret/Lip plug
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved