Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William J. Mackay (1852-1919, vice president of the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co, Springfield, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by William J. Mackay in 1918.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Wendat (Huron) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
- Donor
- William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
- Date created
- probably AD 1550–1650
- Object Name
- Shell
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Object Type
- Materials: Raw
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