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This shell sculpture depicting an elongated animal was perforated, presumably to be suspended from a cord or affixed to a garment.
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Title: Figure
Date: 900–1400 CE
Geography: United States, Southwest, Arizona or New Mexico
Culture: Ancestral Pueblo or Mogollon
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: H. 1/2 × W. 1/8 × L. 2 in. (1.3 × 0.3 × 5.1 cm)
Classification: Shell-Ornaments
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2018
Accession Number: 2018.733
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