Vessel with vulture-effigy handles (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 550-650
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ulúa River (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
label: Seller
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
label: Presenter/funding source
content: John S. Williams (John Stanton Williams/John S. Williams, Sr.), Non-Indian, 1901-1982
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1955 from Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967, a primitive art dealer and later director of the Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles) using funds donated by John S. Williams (1901-1982, a New York City stockbroker and MAI trustee).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Río Ulúa valley; Honduras
setName: label: See related items
content: Ulúa River (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/4870
label: Barcode
content: 224870.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Vessel with vulture-effigy handles (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, clay slip, paint
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, modeled, slipped, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 23 x 16 x 25 cm