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Disc-shaped object
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1933 from an unknown source using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Early to Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 18/5665
- Barcode
- 185665.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Type
- Unknown Function
- Object Name
- Disc-shaped object
- Media/Materials
- Mussel shell/shells
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Unknown Function
- Record ID
- NMAI_198515
- Usage
- CC0
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