Jar
Mississippian Culture
Southeast
about 900-1500
Low-fired shell-tempered clay with gray brown slip
Overall: 8 11/16 × 6 1/8 in. (22 × 15.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
47.33.10868
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Provenance
Henry Bates Williams (1907-1987), Dartmouth Professor of English and Drama; given to present collection, 1947. From the collection of George Eliot Leighton (1835-1901), Missouri; acquired in Exchange #36 from the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, 1947.
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