Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 300-800
- Culture/People
- probably Guanacaste-Nicoya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Minor C. Keith, Non-Indian, 1848-1929
- Cristina Castro Keith (Cristina Castro Fernández/Mrs. Minor C. Keith), Non-Indian, 1861-1944
- Donor
- Cristina Castro Keith (Cristina Castro Fernández/Mrs. Minor C. Keith), Non-Indian, 1861-1944
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Cristina Castro Keith (1861-1944) and Minor C. Keith (1848-1929, MAI trustee and vice-president of the United Fruit Company who established railroads and banana plantations in Latin America); donated to MAI by Mrs. Keith in 1917.
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- Place
- Las Mercedes, Río Dos Novillos, Linea Vieja area; Pocora; Guácimo Cantón; Limón Province; Costa Rica
- See related items
- Guanacaste-Nicoya (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 7/1696
- Barcode
- 071696.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_77246