Bowl in the Form of a Bird
Mississippian Culture
Southeast
Prehistoric
Low-fired shell-tempered clay
Overall: 7 3/8 × 8 3/4 × 10 1/16 in. (18.8 × 22.2 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
55.37.13324
Geography
Place Made: Clarksville, United States, North America
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Provenance
The Museum of Natural History and Art of the Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke, Massachusetts; sold to the present collection, 1955.
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