Bead blank
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1915 by unnamed local residents; acquired from them during the Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1200-1500
- Catalog Number
- 4/8546
- Barcode
- 048546.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition
- Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1915)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Type
- Materials: Prepared
- Object Name
- Bead blank
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, cut, drilled
- Place
- Laguna Limones village site; Laguna de Limones; Maisí Municipality; Guantánamo Province; Cuba
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Cuba
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
- Materials: Prepared
- Record ID
- NMAI_52329
- Usage
- CC0
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