Vessel fragment/potsherd

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Date created: AD 600-1500

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

Collection History: Excavated or purchased from local residents 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: Near Salt River; Salt River; Saint Croix; US Virgin Islands
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Saint Croix
Island Grouping: Virgin Islands
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3/3160
Barcode: 033160.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/potsherd
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised, punctate

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f9ee63d3-4b21-4caa-b362-8d4e76e729b9

Record ID: NMAI_35277