Ornament
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Ostionoid Traditions
label: Possible collector
content: Captain Salvador Lopez de Azua (Salvador Lopez De Azua y Marquez), Non-Indian, 1880-1953
label: Previous owner
content: Captain Salvador Lopez de Azua (Salvador Lopez De Azua y Marquez), Non-Indian, 1880-1953
label: Previous owner
content: Ana Giordani Lopez De Azua (Mrs. Salvador Lopez De Azua), Non-Indian, 1895-1974
label: Seller
content: Ana Giordani Lopez De Azua (Mrs. Salvador Lopez De Azua), Non-Indian, 1895-1974
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1933; formerly in the collection of Captain Salvador Lopez de Azua y Marquez (1880-1953, police chief of Arecibo, Puerto Rico); inherited by his widow Ana Giordani Lopez De Azua (1895-1974); purchased by MAI from Mrs. Lopez de Azua in 1965.
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: Caño Vieques; Arecibo Municipality; Puerto Rico
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Puerto Rico
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: 23/6090
label: Barcode
content: 236090.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ornament
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, drilled