Bead/beads
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Robert Cyril MacCormack (1873-1951); acquired by Theodoor de Booy (1882-1919, MAI staff member) from Robert MacCormack in 1913 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 800-1500
- Catalog Number
- 3/3293
- Barcode
- 033293.000
- Culture/People
- probably Meillacan Ostionoid (Meillacoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- MAI agent
- Theodoor de Booy (Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy), Non-Indian, 1882-1919
- Previous owner
- Robert Cyril MacCormack (R. C. MacCormack), Non-Indian, 1873-1951
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Drilled, ground
- Place
- Bratt's Hill District; Clarendon Parish; Middlesex County; Jamaica
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Jamaica
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Meillacan Ostionoid (Meillacoid) (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_35440
