Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900–1565 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
label: Previous owner
content: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
label: Seller
content: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1891 or 1892; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Shell Mound and Ridges at, near, and opposite Bluffton; Bluffton; Lake County, Volusia County; Florida; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (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: 17/1175
label: Barcode
content: 171175.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked shell (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Cut