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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Jar
Type:Container
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware
Place Made:North America; United States; Tennessee; Smith County
Measurements:overall: 4 x diam 3 1/4 in.; 10.16 x 8.255 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.B.11
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:
Small dark gray bottle with circular opening at top on the back of a carved head.

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE:
Water Bottle. A round Indian earthenware water bottle, with a crude face carved at the top. From Smith County, Tennessee. Cat. 1933.

Tags:
pottery; indigenous people; Native American; containers; vessels

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