Culture/People

possibly Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)

Previous owner

Harold E. Grathwohl, Non-Indian, 1895-1958

Seller

Harold E. Grathwohl, Non-Indian, 1895-1958

Object Name

Figure

Media/Materials

Stone

Techniques

Pecked, carved, ground

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place

Puerto Rico

Archipelago

Greater Antilles

Island Name

Puerto Rico

Geographical Areas

Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

Date created

AD 1200-1500

Collection History

Collection history unknown; collected or purchased from local residents by Harold E. Grathwohl (1895-1958, a Long Island, New York, poultry farmer who also worked for the US Department of Agriculture and often travelled to Puerto Rico); purchased by MAI from Harold Grathwohl in 1933.

Catalog Number

18/4996

Barcode

184996.000

See related items

Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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