Celt

50-8-1

From: Haiti | Port au Prince

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 50-8-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arawak | Carrier (Culture)
Provenience Haiti | Port au Prince
Culture Area Caribbean
Locus Merger site | Hill 200 m. from road to south, between Gressier village and Leogane town | Surface finds
Section American
Materials Univalve Shell
Description

Typical long celt or gouge of shell of univalve (strombus giganta). One end rounded.

Height 2 cm
Length 15 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Kurt A. Fisher, 1950
Other Number 15 - Collector Number

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