Face Carved From Shell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. J T. Wilder
notes: label: Notes
content: SHORT-NOSE GOD TYPE
label: Notes
content: From card: "Nov. 1977 - Shell carved as long-nosed god; used as ear ornament (?) at Southern Cult sites; condition - though on exhibit [Hall 22, Case 24], it clearly has two longitundinal breaks which have been mended, one small area looks chalky .... Cited by W. H. Holmes, "Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans", BAE Ann. Rep. 1881-32, Vol. 2, Pl LXX (1, 2) p. 296. - J. Gardner".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Colbert County, Alabama, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
label: Culture
content: Mississippian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005573
label: USNM Number
content: A26999-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure