Accession No
1961.119.2
Description
Small, flat piece of iridescent, tan coloured shell. Broadly rectangular in profile.
Place
Americas; South America; Peru; Viru Valley
Period
?Pre-Hispanic/Pre-Columbian
Source
Simmonds, Betty [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1961.119.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
24mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
G.H.S. Bushnell notes on catalogue card: 'Age uncertain.'
Event Date 1961
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Original description for 1961.119[.2-14]: 'Twelve small pieces of quartz including a hexagonal-sectioned crystal, and a small piece of shell, found with the object first described.'
Event Date 1961
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small, flat piece of iridescent, tan coloured shell. Broadly rectangular in profile.
Event Date 13/12/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller
Context (Amendments / updates)
The Source was previously given as (Miss) B. Simmonds; this is Betty Simmonds who acted as an agent in Peru for Bushnell (see letter dated 30 August 1961 in Correspondence Archive). The Source field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/1/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:322523
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