Pick Made of Conch

Unidentified maker (Barbados)

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Pre-Columbian

Shell

Overall: 4 13/16 × 7/8 × 11/16 in. (12.2 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Bridgetown, Barbados

161.28.14732

Geography

Place Made: Barbados, Caribbean, Central America

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados; by exchange (#120) to the present collection, 1961.

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