Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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Date created: AD 800-1500

Culture/People: probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: William A. Gowrie, Jr. (William Arthur Gowrie), Non-Indian, b. 1863
Previous owner: William A. Gowrie, Jr. (William Arthur Gowrie), Non-Indian, b. 1863
Donor: William A. Gowrie, Jr. (William Arthur Gowrie), Non-Indian, b. 1863
MAI agent: Theodoor de Booy (Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy), Non-Indian, 1882-1919

Collection History: Collected by William A. Gowrie, Jr. (b. 1863, an American engineer working at the Cristóbal Colón sugar mill) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by William Gowrie through MAI staff member Theodoor de Booy (1882-1919) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork in 1917.
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Place: Ingenio Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus sugar mill); San Pedro de Macorís; San Pedro de Macorís Province; Dominican Republic
Archipelago: Greater Antilles
Island Name: Hispaniola
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 7/1999
Barcode: 071999.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised, punctate

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b35124a6-c4b0-4c79-a354-1814a2e7b8c3

Record ID: NMAI_77641