Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968
- Expedition sponsor
- Thomas H. Blodgett, Non-Indian, 1878-1964
- Donor
- Thomas H. Blodgett, Non-Indian, 1878-1964
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1928 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968), during fieldwork sponsored by MAI and Thomas H. Blodgett (1878-1964, chairman of the American Chicle Company); donated to MAI by Thomas H. Blodgett in 1928.
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- Place
- Rio Frio Cave A; Benque Viejo el Carmen; Cayo District; Belize (inferred)
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/1843
- Barcode
- 161843.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Painted, modeled, punctate
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_173244