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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