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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Bowl
Date Made:3,000 BCE-1,000 BCE (Late Archaic Period)
Type:Food Processing
Materials:Steatite (soapstone)
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; South Hadley
Measurements:Overall: 6 in x 14 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 15.2 cm x 36.2 cm x 18.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 191.F
Credit Line:Gift of the Dwight Family
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
 

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:
Steatite bowl with two rounded lug handles. Handwritten paper label with object states: "This bowl belonged originally to the Dwight family, South Hadley."

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

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