Shell: worked

Museum number:
4-280b
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Alternate number:
P280-B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Knife-like fragment of white shell
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Moche Site E, Moche valley, La Libertad Region
Culture or time period:
Early Chimú (Moche Civilization) (ca. 100 BC–700 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Shell (animal material) and Spondylus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Worked shell
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shell: worked, accession number 4-280b, described as Knife-like fragment of white shellHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shell: worked, accession number 4-280b, described as Knife-like fragment of white shell
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell: worked, accession number 4-280b, described as Knife-like fragment of white shellDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell: worked, accession number 4-280b, described as Knife-like fragment of white shellDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell: worked, accession number 4-280b, described as Knife-like fragment of white shell

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