Stone Carving
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1904
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "This object represents rudely a human figure, and shows on its surface many lines which were made by an iron implement. With these file marks there are also other figures which have been identified as hieroglypics. Padre [José María] Nazario considers that these hieroglyphics belong to the ancient writing possessed by the prehistoric Porto Ricans. In his collection there are several bureaus full of stone objects inscribed like this. He also has a stone slab covered with these figures. This specimen is a fair type of the forms of these hieroglyphics which have been seen. Believed by Doctor [Jesse Walter] Fewkes to be a fraud. These stones with hieroglyphic writings are reported to be found in the mountains in the western end of the island. Stored in L.A. Fake collection."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 041087
label: USNM Number
content: A221063-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving