Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Date created: AD 700-1500

Culture/People: probably Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Possible collector: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926; Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
Previous owner: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926; Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
Seller: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926; Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but possibly collected between 1884 and 1898 by Lady Edith Blake (1845-1926, amateur ethnologist, archaeologist, and artist) and her husband Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840-1918, governor of the Bahamas from 1884 to 1887 and governor of Jamaica from 1889 to 1898); purchased from the Blakes by MAI in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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Place: Caicos Islands; Turks and Caicos Islands
Archipelago: Bahama Islands
Island Grouping: Caicos 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: 6/1407
Barcode: 061407.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Modeled, incised, punctate
Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62e19875a-9b69-40fb-bb42-47a238a90faa

Record ID: NMAI_66363