Shell Beads, Prehistoric Ornaments
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: White shell beads. A collection of shell beads ranging in size from approximately 1.6 cm in diameter to 0.8 cm in length. The beads range in manufacturing techniques. One technique includes modifying larger shells into individual flat beads with conically drilled central holes. The whole shells probably also represent beads where holes are only drilled into one end.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 56
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Nov 2023
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2077
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Shell