Bead/beads

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Object Details

Culture/People

possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)

Previous owner

Josephine Morkill (Mary Josephine Wright/Mrs. William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1859-1943

Seller

Josephine Morkill (Mary Josephine Wright/Mrs. William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1859-1943

Previous owner

William L. Morkill (William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1858-1936

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Lucius Morkill (1858-1936, who built and managed railroads in Mexico from 1901 to 1907 and in Peru from 1907 to 1919); purchased by MAI from his widow, Josephine Wright Morkill (1859-1943), in 1938.

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Date created

1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)

Catalog Number

19/9342

Barcode

199342.000

Object Type

Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name

Bead/beads

Media/Materials

Stone

Techniques

Ground, drilled, polished

Place

Oaxaca State; Mexico

See related items

Zapotec (archaeological culture)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws677d4eee6-932b-4eb3-a8b6-f5b77d464ed0

Record ID

NMAI_212879