Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Melville Decker (1865-1941, a Staten Island boat builder); purchased by MAI from his widow, Lina E. Decker (Angeline Decker, 1866-1948), in 1941.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Lenape (Delaware) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Melville Decker, Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Lina E. Decker (Angeline Decker/Mrs. Melville Decker), Non-Indian, 1866-1948
- Seller
- Lina E. Decker (Angeline Decker/Mrs. Melville Decker), Non-Indian, 1866-1948
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1700
- Object Name
- Worked shell
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Cut
- Object Type
- Materials: Waste
