Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
AD 200–1600 (Nehuange to Tairona period)
Culture/People
probably Tairona (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition sponsor
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum/Penn Museum)
Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
Expedition leader
Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Collection History
Excavated or purchased from local residents in 1931 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and MAI.
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Place
Site 3; Gayraca (Gairaca); Santa Marta Municipality; Magdalena Department; Colombia (inferred)
See related items
Tairona (archaeological culture)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
18/1928
Barcode
181928.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Modeled
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61678dc5d-0f89-44cc-97bc-a7d49d726de1
Record ID
NMAI_194611