Jar

Caddo
Mississippian Culture
Southeast

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Prehistoric

Low-fired shell-tempered reddish clay with line decoration

Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in. (11 × 8.5 cm)

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

167.38.24223

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

Course History

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021

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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