Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno

Date created
300 BC-AD 650
Culture/People
possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Saladoid and Barrancoid Traditions
MAI agent
Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
Collector
Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
Collection History
Collected or purchased from local residents in 1917 by Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean) during a collecting trip sponsored by MAI.
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Place
Erin Bay shell midden; Erin; Saint Patrick County; Trinidad; Trinidad and Tobago
Archipelago
Lesser Antilles
Island Name
Trinidad
Geographical Areas
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
See related items
Multiple archaeological cultures
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
6/7834
Barcode
067834.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Painted, modeled
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61b0ce955-6ad8-495c-a7e8-bab8d5ed999f
Record ID
NMAI_72763