Shell button

Museum number:
16-3635
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160003635
Accession number:
Acc.669
Description:
Shell pendant with 2 bird heads back to back
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection place:
El Mamon, Venezuela
Verbatim coll. place:
[Ledger: 2 kilometers N. of El Mamon, W. of Cadore R., Venezuela]
Collector:
Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection date:
1930
Materials:
Bird bone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Accession date:
1932
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell button, accession number 16-3635, described as Shell pendant with 2 bird heads back to backDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell button, accession number 16-3635, described as Shell pendant with 2 bird heads back to back

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