Inlay/mosaic pieces (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 900 BC–AD 1532 (Early to Late Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Central Andes/South Coast (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Seller
content: Josephine Morkill (Mary Josephine Wright/Mrs. William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1859-1943
label: Previous owner
content: William L. Morkill (William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1858-1936
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Lucius Morkill (1858-1936, who built and managed railroads in Mexico from 1901 to 1907 and in Peru from 1907 to 1919); purchased by MAI from his widow, Josephine Wright Morkill (1859-1943), in 1938.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nasca (Nazca) region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Andes/South Coast (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Prepared
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 19/9219
label: Barcode
content: 199219.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Prepared
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Inlay/mosaic pieces (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled