Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Date created: AD 200-500

Culture/People: probably Saladoid (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
MAI agent: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927

Collection History: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1921 by Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean) during a collecting trip sponsored by MAI.
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Place: Grenadines Parish; Mustique; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Mustique
Island Grouping: Windward Islands, Grenadine Islands
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Saladoid (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 10/5198
Barcode: 105198.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Painted, modeled

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62f4b145a-ebfe-46cb-9e93-eb093bedcac6

Record ID: NMAI_113545