Spondylus Shell

28831

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 28831
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II
Culture Area Andean
Locus Found in the mouth of a mummy, in the position of the tongue.
Section American
Materials Spondylus Shell
Description

Broken off piece of a spondylus tail.

Length 5.71 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1540a - Field No SF

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