Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900–1550 (Late Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Francis S. Borton, Non-Indian, 1862-1929
label: Seller
content: Reverend Francis S. Borton, Non-Indian, 1862-1929
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Reverend Francis S. Borton (1862-1929, a Methodist minister who worked in Puebla, Mexico, between about 1892 and 1905); purchased by MAI from Reverend Borton in 1916.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Oaxaca State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Zapotec (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: 5/4031
label: Barcode
content: 054031.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Obsidian
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished