Headpot (Forgery)
possibly Lear William Howell, American, 1903 - 1967
Mississippian Culture
Southeast
1930s-1940s
Black terracotta
Overall: 7 1/16 × 7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (18 × 19 × 16 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.26329
Geography
Place Made: Poteau River region, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, Winter 2013
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
Provenance
Caddo Trading Post, Glenwood, Arkansas; sold to Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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