Jar, with red spiral design, Nodena red-on-buff style
Mississippian Culture
Southeast
Late Mississippian Period (1300-1500)
Low-fired shell-tempered clay with heavy slip with beige and orange-red spirals
Overall: 7 7/8 × 6 15/16 in. (20 × 17.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Winston Fearn Garth and her grandson Winston Fearn Garth II, Class of 1935
35.25.4661
Geography
Place Made: possibly Potter Mound Site, United States, North America
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Funerary Objects
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, Winter 2013
ANTH 11.01/NAIS 11.01, Ancient Native Americans, Maddie McLeester, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Ancient Native American Pottery, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 32, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Janaury 7-February 9, 1992.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 22, 1994-January 14, 1996.
Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 32, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 13-March 4, 1990.
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 31 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
Provenance
Luther E. Jones Collection of northeast Arkansas material, possibly from the Potter site (3PO23); sold to the Alabama Museum of Natural History, University, Alabama, in 1932 (1932.008); selected by Walter B. Jones, Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, for Lena Garth (Mrs. Winston Fearn Garth,1860-1938), Huntsville, Alabama; purchased by Lena Garth for the Dartmouth College Museum; given to the present collection by Lena Garth and her grandson, Winston Fearn Garth II (1913-1980), Class of 1935, in 1935.
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