Vessel with vulture-effigy handles (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 550-650
- Culture/People
- probably Ulúa River (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
- Seller
- Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
- Presenter/funding source
- John S. Williams (John Stanton Williams/John S. Williams, Sr.), Non-Indian, 1901-1982
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1955 from Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967, a primitive art dealer and later director of the Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles) using funds donated by John S. Williams (1901-1982, a New York City stockbroker and MAI trustee).
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- Place
- Río Ulúa valley; Honduras
- See related items
- Ulúa River (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 22/4870
- Barcode
- 224870.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel with vulture-effigy handles (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, slipped, painted
- Dimensions
- 23 x 16 x 25 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_239734