Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
name: label: Excavator
content: George A. Dorsey, Non-Indian, 1868-1931
label: Previous owner
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1892 by anthropologist George A. Dorsey (1868-1931, curator of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History) during investigations in South America for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair); transferred to the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois) when it was founded in 1894; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Field Museum in 1918.
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: Isla de La Plata; Montecristi Canton; Manabí Province; Ecuador
label: Island Name
content: Isla de La Plata
setName: label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8/6983
label: Barcode
content: 086983.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built