Axe ? Celt ? Conch Shell
Unidentified maker (Barbados)
Pre-Columbian
Shell
Overall: 4 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 15/16 in. (11.8 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Bridgetown, Barbados
161.28.14720
Geography
Place Made: Barbados, Caribbean, Central America
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Americas
Archaeology
Not on view
Provenance
Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados; by exchange (#120) to the present collection, 1961.
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