Vessel (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 4400–1450 BC
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Valdivia (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Max Meier (E. Max Meier R.), Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Max Meier (E. Max Meier R.), Non-Indian
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Max Meier (E. Max Meier R., of Guayaquil, Ecuador); purchased by MAI from Max Meier in 1948 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Sesme; Chone Canton; Manabí Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Valdivia (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: 21/1455
label: Barcode
content: 211455.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Vessel (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, carved, ground