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Effigy Peyote Buttons

Al Rendon

Witte Museum

Witte Museum
San Antonio, Texas, United States

Effigy peyote buttons from Shumla Cave 5 are recently dated to about 6200 B.P. and are made of ground peyote and some other fibrous Chihuahuan Desert plant. These are the earliest dated examples of peyote in the archaeological record.

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  • Title: Effigy Peyote Buttons
  • Creator: Unknown, Al Rendon, photographer
  • Location: Witte Museum Collection
  • Location Created: Lower Pecos Canyonlands
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