Corn ear/ears

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Date created: 300 BC–AD 400 (Basketmaker II period)

Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition leader: Jesse L. Nusbaum (Jesse Logan Nusbaum/Jess Nusbaum), Non-Indian, 1887-1975
Expedition: T. Coleman du Pont Utah and Arizona Expedition (1920)
Expedition sponsor: T. Coleman du Pont (Thomas Coleman du Pont), Non-Indian, 1863-1930

Collection History: Collected or excavated in 1920 during the T. Coleman du Pont Expedition, led by Jesse L. Nusbaum (1887-1975, MAI staff member) and funded by T. Coleman du Pont (1863-1930, a businessman and U.S. senator from Delaware).
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Place: Near Kanab; Cave du Pont, Cave Lakes Canyon; Kanab; Kane County; Utah; USA

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture); Food and Foodstuffs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 10/3971
Barcode: 103971.000

Object Type: Food and Foodstuffs

Object Name: Corn ear/ears
Media/Materials: Corn cob, corn kernel/kernels
Techniques: Dried

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f23c8cbd-00b8-421c-a529-c68a789c4b9c

Record ID: NMAI_112398