Worked turtle shell
date: label: Date created
content: 4000 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) and Ostionoid Traditions
label: Possible excavator
content: (unknown first name) Mosquera, Non-Indian
label: Possible excavator
content: Cecilio Mosquera, Non-Indian
label: Expedition
content: Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1915)
label: Expedition leader
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by local residents Cecilio Mosquera and his brother at an unknown date or excavated in 1915 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Heye.
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place: label: Place
content: La Patana burial caves; Patana; Maisí Municipality; Guantánamo Province; Cuba
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Cuba
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
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: 4/5824
label: Barcode
content: 045824.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked turtle shell
label: Media/Materials
content: Turtle shell/carapace
label: Techniques
content: Cut, ground