Figure

Date created
AD 1200-1500
Culture/People
possibly Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Seller
Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
Previous owner
Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
MAI agent
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José Felix Seijo (1879-ca. 1950), a Puerto Rican coffee farmer, census taker, judge, and collector; purchased from Felix Seijo in 1912 by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology who worked in the Caribbean) while acting on behalf of George Heye.
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Place
Ciales; Ciales Municipality; Puerto Rico
Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Island Name
Puerto Rico
Geographical Areas
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
See related items
Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
3/1991
Barcode
031991.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Carved, pecked, ground
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fffbfe4c-6c72-485f-98c6-28ee5e730fc1
Record ID
NMAI_34001