Metal ore (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1200-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Pipil (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Andrew H. Blackiston (A.H. Blackiston/Andrew Hooton Blackiston), Non-Indian, 1877-1953
label: Previous owner
content: Andrew H. Blackiston (A.H. Blackiston/Andrew Hooton Blackiston), Non-Indian, 1877-1953
label: Seller
content: Andrew H. Blackiston (A.H. Blackiston/Andrew Hooton Blackiston), Non-Indian, 1877-1953
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1910 by Andrew H. Blackiston (1877-1953, a businessman and amateur archaeologist with interests in Latin America) from a cache of more than 800 bells; purchased by George Heye from Andrew Blackiston in 1914.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Quemistlan Bell Cave; Río Chamelecón valley; Cortés Department or Santa Bárbara Department; Honduras
setName: label: See related items
content: Pipil (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Raw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/342
label: Barcode
content: 040342.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Raw
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metal ore (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Copper
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified