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Archeology of the Virgin islands (1919)

Booy, Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de, 1882-1919 · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 101

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PAINTED POTTERY 83 vessel was given a heavy, bright-red slip. It is not possible to determine the size of the bowl of which this is a part; the. sherd itself is 1 1 3^ in. long, hence the bowl, when entire, must have been of unusual … Fig. 25. — Painted sherd from Salt river, St Croix. Another interesting sherd, illustrated in fig. 25, shows a striking resemblance to some of the painted ware found on the island of Trinidad, such as has been illustrated in a former paper. ^^ Not only does the decoration consist of white- painted…

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