Culture/People:

probably Caborn-Welborn (archaeological culture) (attributed)  Search this

Previous owner:

Charles F. Artes, Non-Indian, 1847-1916  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this

Object Name:

Pottery-making anvil (Image withheld, pending review)

Media/Materials:

Pottery

Techniques:

Modeled

Object Type:

Pottery making tools

Place:

Near Junction of Wabash and Ohio Rivers; Bone Bank; Posey County; Indiana; USA

Date created:

AD 1300–1450 (Late Mississippian period)

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles F. Artes (1847-1916, an Evansville, Indiana, jeweler and amateur archaeologist); purchased by MAI from Charles Artes or his family in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).

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Catalog Number:

5/5954

Barcode:

055954.002

See related items:

Caborn-Welborn (archaeological culture)

Pottery making tools

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws699e2fb40-2c21-4761-a030-6ae55ec1a45a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_59940