Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Date created: AD 500-1450

Culture/People: probably Troumassoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition sponsor: Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), 1879-1965; George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Excavator: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930

Collection History: Excavated by anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology) in 1912 or 1913, during a Caribbean expedition jointly supported by the Bureau of American Ethnology and George Heye.
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Place: Marl Hill, Northeast bay; Saint Lucy Parish; Barbados
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Barbados
Island Grouping: Netherlands Antilles
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: 3/3149
Barcode: 033149.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6aff31cfe-eb82-46a6-a68e-941fb0fbdb36

Record ID: NMAI_35261