Swallowing stick
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible owner
content: Thomas A. Howell, Sr., Non-Indian, 1877-1930
label: Previous owner
content: W. Huntting Howell (William Huntting Howell), Non-Indian, 1904-1982
label: Donor
content: W. Huntting Howell (William Huntting Howell), Non-Indian, 1904-1982
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Huntting Howell (1904-1982) and possibly inherited from his father Thomas A. Howell, Sr. (1877-1930, owner of the West Indies Sugar Company and Corporación Azucarera Boca Chica and a frequent traveler to the Caribbean); donated to MAI by William Huntting Howell in 1938.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Dominican Republic
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Hispaniola
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 19/7371
label: Barcode
content: 197371.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Swallowing stick
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, punctate, ground