Shell Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1854
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Amiel W. Whipple
label: Site Name
content: Casa Grande
notes: label: Notes
content: Based on locality information in Anthropology catalogue ledger book entry, this appears to be the object illustrated in Part III, Plate 42B, after p. 50, in United States. War Department, et al. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.3 (1856). doi: 10.5479/sil.400661.39088020039939 It is identified as "A shell ring, or ornament, evidently cut with much labor. It was found at a casa grande, (Chichilticale,) near the Pima villages, on Rio Gila."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E1813-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell