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36-11-231

From: Mexico (Central America) | Durango | Hervideros

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 36-11-231
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chalchihuites
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Durango | Hervideros
Culture Area Central American
Locus surface find
Section American
Materials Mollusk Shell
Description

Shell. Semicircular. Two perforations near center of straight side. Ornamented with eighteen engraved circle-and-dot figures following the curved edge. Broken in half. Edge worn.

Length 10.95 cm
Width 7.62 cm
Credit Line American Philosophical Society / University Museum Durango Expedition, J. Alden Mason, 1936
Other Number H25 - Field No SF

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