Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Date created: AD 500-1000

Culture/People: possibly Troumassan Troumassoid (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
MAI agent: Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927

Collection History: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1913 by Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean) during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Carriacou; Grenada
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Carriacou
Island Grouping: Windward Islands, Grenadine Islands
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Troumassan Troumassoid (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3/4443
Barcode: 034443.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ba647d0a-62cb-4da7-86cc-c21b7073aa6b

Record ID: NMAI_36791