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Sea Mouse
Early Acquisitions
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In the latter part of the 19th century, Buffalonians donated all manner of unprovenanced projectile points and ceramic sherds found while landscaping their property to the newly formed Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, parent organization to the Buffalo Museum of Science. However, the accession that defined the “Ethnology Collection” was the purchase of some 300 ceramics from Mr. James McNeil from the Chiriqui Province in Panama.
James A. McNeil’s excavations in the Chiriqui Province of Panama yielded a large ceramic assemblage. In addition to the collections at the Buffalo Museum of Science, McNeil’s collections are also housed at the Smithsonian Institution.
Sea Mouse
Scientific Name.....................................Aphrodita aculeata Description..........................................................Sea Mouse BMoS Catalog No..................................................No Data Collection Site.........................Block Island, Rhode Island Collection Date...........................................................1881 Acquired By.............................................Museum Transfer
Rhode Island United States
ARTIFACT SIZE: 3in. x 5.75in.
PAINTING SIZE: 30in. x 48in. Photo of artifact illustrates actual size in relation to the size of the finished painting shown at left.
