Vessel fragment/potsherd
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Elenan Ostionoid (Elenoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Theodoor de Booy (Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy), Non-Indian, 1882-1919
- Collection History
- Excavated by Theodoor de Booy (1882-1919, an MAI staff member) in late 1916 or early 1917 during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Date created
- AD 600-1200
- Catalog Number
- 7/4659
- Barcode
- 074659.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel fragment/potsherd
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, slab built, negative-painted
- Place
- Kitchen midden, Magens Bay; Saint Thomas; US Virgin Islands
- Archipelago
- Lesser Antilles
- Island Name
- Saint Thomas
- Island Grouping
- Virgin Islands
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Elenan Ostionoid (Elenoid) (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_80399
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63e04443a-4a28-40cc-bdaa-2d9a7b755eed
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