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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Bowl fragment
Type:Food Service
Materials:Steatite (soapstone)
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; Concord
Measurements:Overall: 11/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.7 cm x 5.6 cm x 4.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.146
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Piece of soapstone dish. Gray, and roughly triangular in shape, with each "point" wide and rounded.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American; archaeology

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