Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Object Details

Culture/People

probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)

Previous owner

Edward Hall, Non-Indian, 1852-1914

Donor

Edward Hall, Non-Indian, 1852-1914

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Hall (1852-1914, manager of the Central Dominican Railroad from 1892 to 1910); donated to MAI by Edward Hall's estate in 1940.

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Date created

AD 800-1500

Catalog Number

20/2311

Barcode

202311.005

Object Type

Containers and Vessels

Object Name

Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

Media/Materials

Pottery

Techniques

Modeled, incised, punctate

Place

Near Puerto Plata; Puerto Plata; Puerto Plata Province; Dominican Republic

Archipelago

Greater Antilles

Island Name

Hispaniola

Geographical Areas

Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items

Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63d2404e4-47ae-4560-b219-83edac4c8f67

Record ID

NMAI_216140