Shell
date: label: Date created
content: 4000 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) or Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition
content: Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1915)
label: Expedition leader
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1915 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Heye.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Cueva de los Indios, Boca Ovando (Río Ovando mouth); Ovando; Maisí Municipality; Guantánamo Province; Cuba
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Cuba
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) (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: 4/5575
label: Barcode
content: 045575.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shell
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells, snail shell/shells, cowrie shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified