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Donor Name:
National Geographic Society  Search this
Site Name:
Pueblo Bonito  Search this
Culture:
Prehistoric  Search this
Object Type:
Scraper
Place:
Chaco Canyon, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1927
Notes:
From card: "From R. 244; made from left humerus of mule deer; inlaid with turquoise & jet; discoidal inlays missing from head. Illus. Pl 36b Misc Coll Vol 124." See p. 376 , No. 26 in Fields, Virginia M., and Victor Zamudio-Taylor; 2001; The road to Aztlan art from a mythic homeland; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where object is identified as inlaid bone scraper, New Mexico, Chaco Canyon, Pueblo Bonito, c. A.D. 700-1130, bone, turquoise, jet, shell, 4 cm. x 15.5 cm. x 4 cm.
Made from left humerus of mule deer; inlaid with turquoise and jet; discoidal inlays missing from head.
Record Last Modified:
2 May 2023
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
096004
USNM Number:
A335156-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32779148f-84e8-4e33-9527-9778a80ec86b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8091029