Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Seller
content: Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
label: Previous owner
content: Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
label: Collector
content: Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated by Benjamin Thorne Gilbert (1872-1961, a Utica, New York, investment banker and sculptor with interests in archaeology) while travelling in Mexico in 1905; purchased by George Heye from Benjamin Gilbert in 1905.
label: Contact Us
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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: 3940
label: Barcode
content: 003940.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled