Busycon Shell

40393B

From: United States of America | Florida | Southwest Coast (Florida) | Key Marco | Collier County

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40393B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Florida | Southwest Coast (Florida) | Key Marco | Collier County
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Busycon Shell
Description

Series of worked busycon shells. Illustrating process of breaking away whorls from columellae to form adze and ornament material. The one lot consists of four examples (two columellae broken out to form adze bodies.)

Length 24.8 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Florida Expedition, Frank H. Cushing; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 268 - Field Number | 70-19-67 A/B - Other Number

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