Vessel fragment/potsherd

Date created
AD 600-1200
Culture/People
probably Ostionan Ostionoid (archaeological culture) (attributed)
MAI agent
Frank D. Utley (F.D. Utley/Frank Dinsmore Utley), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
Collection History
Collection history unknown; acquired from an unknown source in Puerto Rico in 1905 by Frank D. Utley (1874-1943, MAI staff member) during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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Place
Near Mayagüez; Shell midden; Mayagüez; Mayagüez Municipality; Puerto Rico
Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Island Name
Puerto Rico
Geographical Areas
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
See related items
Ostionan Ostionoid (archaeological culture)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
3838
Barcode
003838.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Vessel fragment/potsherd
Media/Materials
Pottery, clay slip
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised, punctate, slipped
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69b8cf522-dfd1-4598-b2f2-ffc1c65b48e8
Record ID
NMAI_4078