Vessel fragment/Potsherd
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Melville Decker (1865-1941, a Staten Island boat builder); purchased by MAI from his widow, Lina E. Decker (Angeline Decker, 1866-1948), in 1941.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 1600 (Middle to Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 20/4013
- Barcode
- 204013.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Melville Decker, Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Lina E. Decker (Angeline Decker/Mrs. Melville Decker), Non-Indian, 1866-1948
- Seller
- Lina E. Decker (Angeline Decker/Mrs. Melville Decker), Non-Indian, 1866-1948
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel fragment/Potsherd
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Impressed
- Place
- New York City, Staten Island, Tottenville; Richmond County; New York; USA
- Island Name
- Staten Island
- See related items
- Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_217630
