Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Date created: AD 500-1500

Culture/People: probably Troumassoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Previous owner: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
Seller: Mildred Darrell Huckerby (Mrs. Thomas Huckerby), Non-Indian, 1879-1977

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean); inherited by his widow Mildred Darrell Huckerby (1879-1977); purchased by MAI from Mildred Huckerby in 1928.
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Place: Saint Vincent; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Saint Vincent
Island Grouping: Windward Islands
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 15/9127
Barcode: 159127.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Modeled, incised

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ce771683-515a-4aca-92c1-249e6f0fda22

Record ID: NMAI_169207