Jar
Caddo
Mississippian Culture
Southeast
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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