FMNH 188696.1

  • 188696: potsherd
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    Description: Prehistoric Culture of Northern Honduras. Hall 8 Case 27.
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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | 68 | Country Honduras | Locality Uloa Valley, Playa de los Muertos | People Maya Stock | Name Potsherd. Nearly half of neck of large "olla" Vertical handle originally with boss. Orange with bands & interlocking [ILLUSTRATION] in black with red bands. | Collection Museum Purchase Dr. Wilson Popenoe, Collector, 1929 | Notes | Width 7.5 cm | Length 25 cm | Height 10 cm | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 188696 | Acc. 1844
Catalog Number: 188696.1
Description: vessel fragment (sherd)
Materials: clay (ceramic)
Cultural Attribution: Maya
Accession Number: [1844] W. Popenoe (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1929
Other Numbers: 970320.
District/County: Uloa (Ulua) Valley
City/Town: Playa de los Muertos
Collector/Source: Wilson Popenoe, Wilson Popenoe
EMu IRN: 2868473
GUID: 916b1214-f2b1-45fb-b820-5c48a0caae5e

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