Seat
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1044-1215 (radiocarbon dated)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Lucayan (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Possible collector
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
label: Possible collector
content: Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
label: Previous owner
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
label: Previous owner
content: Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
label: Seller
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
label: Seller
content: Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but possibly collected between 1884 and 1898 by Lady Edith Blake (1845-1926, amateur ethnologist, archaeologist, and artist) and her husband Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840-1918, governor of the Bahamas from 1884 to 1887 and governor of Jamaica from 1889 to 1898); purchased from the Blakes by MAI in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Grand Turk Island; Grand Turk District; Turks and Caicos Islands
label: Archipelago
content: Bahama Islands
label: Island Name
content: Grand Turk Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Turks Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Lucayan (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Furnishings (Home)
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/9385
label: Barcode
content: 059385.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Furnishings (Home)
label: Indigenous Term
content: duho
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seat
label: Media/Materials
content: Guaiacum wood, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 84 x 15 x 21 cm