Vessel
- Date created
- AD 600-900
- Culture/People
- probably Ulúa River (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Jose Maria Nuila (J. M. Nuila), Non-Indian
- Governor Province of Cortes, Honduras, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Governor Province of Cortes, Honduras, Non-Indian
- MAI agent
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Collection History
- Found by local residents at an unknown date; purchased from them by Jose Maria Nuila (of San Pedro Sula, Honduras), who sold another vessel found with it to the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania; formerly in the collection of the Governor of the Honduran Province of Cortes; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from the Governor in 1915.
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- Place
- Banks of the Ulua River; Río Ulúa; Honduras (inferred)
- See related items
- Ulúa River (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/3956
- Barcode
- 043956.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel
- Media/Materials
- Marble
- Techniques
- Carved, cutout
- Dimensions
- 15.9 x 15.2 x 13.1 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_47240