Sacrificial Vessel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1861
name: label: Collector
content: Midshipman William Van Wyck
label: Donor Name
content: National Institute
notes: label: Notes
content: See p. 495 in National Institute for the Promotion of Science. 1841[-46]. Bulletin of the proceedings of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science. The list of donations to the National Institute includes this entry: "Vessels of Earthen Ware; Knives, Dart-heads, &c., of itzli, or obsidian, dug up from the ruins of an Indian temple, on the Island of Los Sacrificios, near Vera Cruz, Mexico. - From Midshipman Wm. Van Wyck, U.S.N.".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sacrificios Island, Veracruz, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000135
label: USNM Number
content: A788-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel