Jar in the form of a man

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Date created: AD 150-650 (Middle Woodland period)

Culture/People: possibly Swift Creek (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Excavator: Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
Previous owner: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Seller: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)

Collection History: Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1901; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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Place: Basin Bayou Mound, Choctawhatchee Bay; Walton County; Florida; USA

See related items: Swift Creek (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 17/3972
Barcode: 173972.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Jar in the form of a man
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, modeled, perforated, killed

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6603472d0-56d8-4f27-95fb-c8d4e861f0d0

Record ID: NMAI_186347