Celt fragment

Date created
AD 700-1500
Culture/People
probably Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (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
Embedded in oak tree; Lorimers; Middle Caicos District; Turks and Caicos Islands
Archipelago
Bahama Islands
Island Name
Middle Caicos Island (Grand Caicos Island)
Island Grouping
Caicos Islands
Geographical Areas
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
See related items
Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture)
Woodworking tools
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
5/9188
Barcode
059188.000
Object Type
Woodworking tools
Object Name
Celt fragment
Media/Materials
Jade (omphacite and jadeite)
Techniques
Pecked, ground, polished
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f4ac6f2f-1f54-4a8a-a215-7b66ff217249
Record ID
NMAI_63465