Vessel
date: label: Date created
content: AD 600-900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ulúa River (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Jose Maria Nuila (J. M. Nuila), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Governor Province of Cortes, Honduras, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Governor Province of Cortes, Honduras, Non-Indian
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Found by local residents at an unknown date; purchased from them by Jose Maria Nuila (of San Pedro Sula, Honduras), who sold another vessel found with it to the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania; formerly in the collection of the Governor of the Honduran Province of Cortes; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from the Governor in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Banks of the Ulua River; Río Ulúa; Honduras (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Ulúa River (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
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: 4/3956
label: Barcode
content: 043956.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Vessel
label: Media/Materials
content: Marble
label: Techniques
content: Carved, cutout
label: Dimensions
content: 15.9 x 15.2 x 13.1 cm