Worked shell (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: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1930 from an unknown source in Paris, France, using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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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: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/5217
label: Barcode
content: 175217.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
label: Indigenous Term
content: mullu
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Spondylus shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Ground, abraded, polished, incised, drilled
label: Dimensions
content: 8.10 x 8.60 x 2.50 cm