Coquina fragment
Object Details
- Description
- A coquina fragment. The fragment is composed of compressed seashells and seashell fragments. The fragment is tan in color with tan, off-white, white, and brown shell, sand, and rock inclusions; including visible striated clamshell fragments. The coquina fragment is triangular in shape.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- late 19th-mid 20th century
- Object number
- 2017.108.21.58
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Miriam B. Wilson, American, 1879 - 1959
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- fossils
- Medium
- coquina
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 4 × 2 7/8 in. (3.2 × 10.1 × 7.3 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Architecture
- Skilled labor
- Slavery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.108.21.58
- Usage
- CC0
