Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno (No image available)
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- Date created
- AD 800-1500
- Culture/People
- probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Dr. Natalio Rodondo (Natalio Redondo), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Dr. Natalio Rodondo (Natalio Redondo), Non-Indian
- MAI agent
- Theodoor de Booy (Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy), Non-Indian, 1882-1919
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Natalio Rodondo (secretary to the National Congress of the Dominican Republic); purchased by Theodoor de Booy (1882-1919, MAI staff member) from Dr. Rodondo in 1913 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Santo Domingo Province; Dominican Republic
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Hispaniola
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 3/4142
- Barcode
- 034142.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno (No image available)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised, punctate, appliquéd
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_36400