Worked turtle shell (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1-850 (Middle to Late Woodland/Glades II period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Glades (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition
content: Pepper-Hearst Florida Keys Expedition (1895-1896) (Frank Hamilton Cushing Mound Key, Key Marco, Demorey Key Expediton)
label: Expedition leader
content: Frank Hamilton Cushing, Non-Indian, 1857-1900
label: Previous owner
content: Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated in 1895 or 1896 by members of the Pepper-Hearst Florida Keys Expedition, led by anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) and sponsored by Dr. William Pepper (1843-1898) and Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) for the Free Museum of Science and Art; part of the collections of the Free Museum until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Key Marco; Collier County; Florida; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Florida West Coast Islands
label: Island Name
content: Marco Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Ten Thousand Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Glades (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/6897
label: Barcode
content: 016897.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked turtle shell (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Turtle shell/carapace
label: Techniques
content: Carved