Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

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
7/1998
Barcode
071998.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled, incised, punctate
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws622c47d49-9e31-4638-9e1a-fcd5ea64acc0
Record ID
NMAI_77640