Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from area residents in 1915 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 800 BC-AD 1500
- Catalog Number
- 8/2085
- Barcode
- 082085.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) and Ostionoid Traditions
- Expedition
- Mark Raymond Harrington Cuba Expedition (1915)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel fragment/potsherd with effigy/adorno
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, incised, punctate
- Place
- Mesa Colorado; Jauco; Maisí Municipality; Guantánamo Province; Cuba
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Cuba
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_88284
