Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (1883-1927, manager of Trant's estate on Montserrat), probably in the early 1900s; purchased by MAI from Seymour Howes in 1924.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Huecoid, Saladoid, and Mamoran Troumassoid Traditions
- Seller
- Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (S. W. Howes), Non-Indian, 1883-1927
- Collector
- Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (S. W. Howes), Non-Indian, 1883-1927
- Previous owner
- Seymour Wylde Wilkin Howes (S. W. Howes), Non-Indian, 1883-1927
- Date created
- 500 BC-AD 1100
- Object Name
- Worked shell
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Materials: Waste
