Vessel fragment/Potsherd

Date created
AD 800-1500
Culture/People
probably Meillacan Ostionoid (Meillacoid) (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 1889 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
Cave; Jamaica
Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Island Name
Jamaica
Geographical Areas
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
See related items
Meillacan Ostionoid (Meillacoid) (archaeological culture)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
6/1579
Barcode
061579.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Vessel fragment/Potsherd
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Modeled, perforated
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67473118e-df92-40e7-8c13-5c76ff599e5c
Record ID
NMAI_66543