Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- MAI agent
- Frank D. Utley (F.D. Utley/Frank Dinsmore Utley), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired from an unknown source in Puerto Rico in 1905 by Frank D. Utley (1874-1943, MAI staff member) during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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- Date created
- AD 1200-1500
- Catalog Number
- 3698
- Barcode
- 003698.000
- Object Type
- Furnishings (Home)
- Object Name
- Seat in the form of a turtle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, polished
- Dimensions
- 23 x 15 x 10 cm
- Place
- Dominguito (Dominquitas); Arecibo Municipality; Puerto Rico
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Puerto Rico
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
- Furnishings (Home)
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_3935
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws683f193a2-8126-45ca-9344-a2b85f78b18c
