Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of 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 in 1938 by his children Thomas A. Howell, Jr. (1902-1985), William Huntting Howell (1904-1982), John Akin Howell (1908-1991), and Elena Howell Terry (1914-1998).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Ostionan Ostionoid (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Thomas A. Howell, Sr., Non-Indian, 1877-1930
- Donor
- Thomas A. Howell, Jr., Non-Indian, 1902-1985
- W. Huntting Howell (William Huntting Howell), Non-Indian, 1904-1982
- John Akin Howell, Non-Indian, 1908-1991
- Elena Howell Terry (Mrs. Wyllys Terry Jr.), Non-Indian, 1914-1998
- Date created
- AD 600-1000
- Object Name
- Bowl
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
