Ornament
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This small ornament of dark shell is in a cruciform shape, possibly an abstracted bird with outstretched wings.
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This small ornament of dark shell is in a cruciform shape, possibly an abstracted bird with outstretched wings.
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Title: Ornament
Date: 900–1400 CE
Geography: United States, Arizona or New Mexico
Culture: Ancestral Pueblo or Mogollon
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: H. 5/8 × W. 1 × D. 1/8 in. (1.6 × 2.5 × 0.3 cm)
Classification: Shell-Ornaments
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2018
Accession Number: 2018.724
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