Tapir-effigy vessel (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 300-800
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central Caribbean/Costa Rican Atlantic Watershed (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Minor C. Keith, Non-Indian, 1848-1929
label: Previous owner
content: Cristina Castro Keith (Cristina Castro Fernández/Mrs. Minor C. Keith), Non-Indian, 1861-1944
label: Donor
content: Cristina Castro Keith (Cristina Castro Fernández/Mrs. Minor C. Keith), Non-Indian, 1861-1944
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Cristina Castro Keith (1861-1944) and Minor C. Keith (1848-1929, MAI trustee and vice-president of the United Fruit Company who established railroads and banana plantations in Latin America); donated to MAI by Mrs. Keith in 1917.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Las Mercedes, Río Dos Novillos, Linea Vieja area; Pocora; Guácimo Cantón; Limón Province; Costa Rica
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Caribbean/Costa Rican Atlantic Watershed (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: 7/1664
label: Barcode
content: 071664.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Tapir-effigy vessel (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, clay slip, paint
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, modeled, slipped, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 17 x 17 x 28 cm