Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected by Native people from local tombs and sold to a trader named Don Juan Lau Don; acquired by George C. Dissette (1873-1938, an attorney in Glenville, Ohio) by 1904; purchased by George Heye from George Dissette in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Chiriquà (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- George C. Dissette, Non-Indian, 1873-1938
- Seller
- George C. Dissette, Non-Indian, 1873-1938
- Previous owner
- Don Juan Lau Don, Non-Indian
- Previous seller
- Don Juan Lau Don, Non-Indian
- Date created
- AD 900-1600
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Rolled
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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