Jar
Mississippian Culture
Southeast
Prehistoric
Dark red micaceous clay, heavy slipped dark brown black and burnished
Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (8 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alexis Chapman Proctor, Class of 1918
167.38.24230
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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