Shell scraper

Museum number:

3-23200b

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Accession number:

Acc.2251

Description:

One of two shells, (Narita fulgerans); Length b) 2.4cm. See field notes in accession envelope. Native name Ulich yulu - shell polisher (Maya). For scraping bottoms of pots such as 3-23187-88 and 3-23180 and 23201 when they are leather hard.

Donor:

Antonio Cab

Collection place:

Lerma, Campeche, Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

Mexico, Campeche, Lerma

Collector:

Susan Weikel Palmer

Collection date:

October 21, 1966

Object type:

ethnography

Accession date:

1967

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area