FMNH 102850.6

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 103 | Country British West Indies | Locality St. Kitts | People Insular Arawak, Arawakan Stock | Name Eleven shell celts of the shell of large marine univalve molluscs. All along, with lower ends sharpened into blades, occasionally the adjacent sides also. Generally thin and whitened on both sides by weather action. Possibly used as hoes or other agricultural implements. | Collection Exchange from the Museum of the American Indian, 1919. Thomas Huckerby, Collector. | Notes | Width | Length | Height | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | 102850 1-11 | ENT | Original Number 8/6011 | Acc. 1303
Catalog Number: 102850.6
Description: celt
Materials: shell
Cultural Attribution: Arawak
Accession Number: [1303] Museum of the American Indian : Museum of the American Indian (Exchange)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Museum of the American Indian
EMu IRN: 1348887
GUID: 2d35a272-7573-469b-924e-0c6f0b2c26cc

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