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CAS 0227-0880   CAS 0227-0880; Quartz crystal
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Quartz crystal
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Quartz
Description Crystal pebble; Clear; Rounded edges; Possible human or water modification.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.2, Width = 1.3, Length = 1.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0881   CAS 0227-0881; Quartz crystal
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Quartz crystal
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Quartz
Description Crystal pebble; Clear; Rounded edges; Possible human or water modification.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 0.9, Width = 1.6, Length = 2.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0882   CAS 0227-0882; Quartz crystal
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Quartz crystal
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Quartz
Description Crystal pebble; Clear with red tint; Possible human flake modification.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.1, Width = 1.5, Length = 1.98

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0883   CAS 0227-0883; Quartz crystal
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Quartz crystal
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Quartz
Description Crystal pebble; Clear with pinkish-orange tint; Possible human flake modification.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.1, Width = 1.4, Length = 1.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0991   CAS 0227-0991; Seed material
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Seed material
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Seed
Description Black seed material with a few white specks; From accession file: "Seed material, badly charred, found in a stirrup spout jar, about 1 teaspoonful. Maybe from Elgueta collection."
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.4 (pile)

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-1057   CAS 0227-1057; Shell fragment
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Shell fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Shell: abalone (Haliotis sp.)
Description Shell fragment, possibly a bead blank; Semi-triangular abalone shell fragment; Pink and orange.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 3.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-1058   CAS 0227-1058; Shell fragment
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Shell fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Shell: abalone (Haliotis sp.)
Description Shell fragment, possibly a bead blank; Semi-square abalone shell fragment; Pink and orange.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 4.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-1100   CAS 0227-1100; Shell fragment
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Shell fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Shell: abalone (Haliotis sp.)
Description Shell bead blank? Semi-rectangular abalone shell fragment; Pink and orange.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.0, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 1.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-1105   CAS 0227-1105; Shell fragment
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Shell fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Shell: bivalve
Description Unfinished shell pendant? Hexagonal shell fragment; White with iridescence.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.2, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 5.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-1097   CAS 0227-1097; Shell fragment (2 pieces)
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Shell fragment (2 pieces)
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: unknown (Chalchitan or Pichikil [Pichiquil])
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Shell: spiny oyster (Spondylus sp.)
Description Unfinished shell pendant? Red-orange shell fragment.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.8, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 8.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0038A,B   CAS 0423-0038A,B; Boar tusks (2)
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Boar tusks (2)
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Indonesia
State/Prov./Dist. Irian Jaya
County
Other Geographic Data Western Highlands
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Boar tusks
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.8; 1.7, Thickness = 1.1; 1.1, Length = 9.6; 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0035   CAS 0423-0035; Shell
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Shell
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Shell: Gold-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.0, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 26.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0259-0002   CAS 0259-0002; Folded bark
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Folded bark
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Solomon Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bark
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.9, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 19.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0012   CAS 0032-0012; Cranium
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Cranium
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone (human cranium)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 13.5, Width = 12.7, Length = 18.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0013   CAS 0032-0013; Cranium
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Cranium
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone (human cranium)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 14.5, Width = 13.0, Length = 20.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0015   CAS 0032-0015; Femur
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Femur
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone (human femur)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 40.6, Width = 7.6, Length = 5.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0017   CAS 0032-0017; Pigment
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Pigment
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Clay (?)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.5, Thickness = 2.4, Length = 3.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0058   CAS 0032-0058; Seed pod
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Seed pod
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Seed
Description
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = 1.8, Max Diam = 4.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0037A-C   CAS 0032-0037A-C; Seeds and shells
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Seeds and shells
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Seeds; Shells
Description A,B: Seeds; C: Shells.
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = B=0.6; C=0.6, Max Diam = A=0.5; B=0.9; C=1.8, Length = A=0.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0032-0008   CAS 0032-0008; Tortoise shell fragment
Category Raw Materials
Object Name Tortoise shell fragment
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Sea turtle shell (tortoiseshell)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.3, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 25.1
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