Culture/People:

possibly South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (archaeological culture) (attributed)  Search this

Excavator:

Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936  Search this

Donor:

Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936  Search this

Object Name:

Ear pin (Image withheld, pending review)

Media/Materials:

Shell/shells

Techniques:

Carved, drilled

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Shell Mound and Ridges at, near, and opposite Bluffton; Bluffton; Lake County, Volusia County; Florida; USA

Date created:

AD 900–1565 (Early to Late Mississippian period)

Collection History:

Collected by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936), probably in 1891 or 1892; donated to MAI by Clarence B. Moore in 1919.

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Catalog Number:

9/2404

Barcode:

092404.000

See related items:

South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (archaeological culture)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ed851167-8439-4ffb-a52e-acd1a724877f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_99179