Globular Human Effigy Jar
Mississippian Culture, Potter Mound site, Poinsett County, Arkansas, Southeast
Late Mississippian Period (1300-1500)
Low-fired shell-tempered clay
Overall: 5 11/16 x 5 3/8 in. (14.4 x 13.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mrs. Winston Fearn Garth and her grandson Winston Fearn Garth II, Class of 1935
35.25.4663
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Object Name
Pottery
Classification
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Exhibition History
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 22, 1994-January 14, 1996.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22, 1992-December 14, 1993.
Ancient Native American Pottery, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition; Anthropology 32, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Janauary 7-February 9, 1992.
Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibitions; Anthropology 32, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 13-March 4, 1990.
Provenance
Luther E. Jones Collection of northeast Arkansas material, 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.
Old Number
AMNH: LJ 9
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