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Mississippian Culture
Southeast

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Prehistoric

Low-fired shell-tempered stone burnished with dark gray slip

Overall: 6 5/16 × 5 7/8 in. (16 × 15 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alexis Chapman Proctor, Class of 1918

167.38.24214

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

Provenance

Purchased by Frank Proctor (1856-1924, Class of 1878), about 1900; to his nephew Alexis Chapman Proctor (1895-1979, Class of 1918), Franklin, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1967.

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