Vessel fragment/Potsherd

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Date created: 300 BC-AD 650

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

Collection History: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1917 by Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean) during a collecting trip sponsored by MAI.
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Place: Erin Bay shell midden; Erin; Saint Patrick County; Trinidad; Trinidad and Tobago
Archipelago: Lesser Antilles
Island Name: Trinidad
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 6/7840
Barcode: 067840.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/Potsherd
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Modeled

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws629379986-3738-4242-a76e-2322e0099279

Record ID: NMAI_72769