Worked turtle shell
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: Previous owner
content: Mary Louise Bingham Hark (Mrs. Hugo Crosta Hark/Mrs. H. C. Hark), Non-Indian, 1882-1966
label: Seller
content: Mary Louise Bingham Hark (Mrs. Hugo Crosta Hark/Mrs. H. C. Hark), Non-Indian, 1882-1966
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mary Louise Bingham Hark (Mrs. Hugo Crosta Hark, 1882-1966), who lived on Saint Croix after about 1913; purchased by MAI from Mary Louise Hark in 1924.
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place: label: Place
content: Saint Croix; US Virgin Islands
label: Archipelago
content: Lesser Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Saint Croix
label: Island Grouping
content: Virgin Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/5467
label: Barcode
content: 135467.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked turtle shell
label: Media/Materials
content: Turtle shell/carapace
label: Techniques
content: Ground