Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by local residents Cecilio Mosquera and his brother at an unknown date or excavated in 1915 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) and Ostionoid Traditions
- Expedition
- Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1915)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Possible excavator
- (unknown first name) Mosquera, Non-Indian
- Cecilio Mosquera, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 4000 BC-AD 1500
- Object Name
- Paint stone
- Media/Materials
- Hematite
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Materials: Raw
