Certain archaeological investigations in Trinidad, British West Indies (1918)
Booy, Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de, 1882-1919 · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 29
ng fragments over a large area. The writer can offer no explanation for this seemingly meaningless custom. On plate viii, a and c can be seen two of the sherds under dis- cussion and a superficial examination will convince the reader that these sherds belong to a totally different class of pottery… … Fig. 63.— Large shell-disks. in geometrical patterns and it is to be regretted that not enough of one design is left on any one sherd to enable the writer to work it out. The vessels were frequently provided with handles, upon which the potter also placed a painted design. One of these handles is…
Indians of the West Indies
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