Seat
- Date created
- probably AD 1044-1215 (radiocarbon dated)
- Culture/People
- probably Lucayan (archaeological) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
- Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
- Previous owner
- Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
- Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
- Seller
- Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
- Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but possibly collected between 1884 and 1898 by Lady Edith Blake (1845-1926, amateur ethnologist, archaeologist, and artist) and her husband Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840-1918, governor of the Bahamas from 1884 to 1887 and governor of Jamaica from 1889 to 1898); purchased from the Blakes by MAI in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Grand Turk Island; Grand Turk District; Turks and Caicos Islands
- Archipelago
- Bahama Islands
- Island Name
- Grand Turk Island
- Island Grouping
- Turks Islands
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Lucayan (archaeological)
- Furnishings (Home)
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/9385
- Barcode
- 059385.000
- Object Type
- Furnishings (Home)
- Native Term
- duho
- Object Name
- Seat
- Media/Materials
- Guaiacum wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 84 x 15 x 21 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_64035