Tripod vessel

Date created
1965
Culture/People
Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker
Vernon Jim, Mississippi Choctaw, 1913-1992
IACB source
Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Collection History
Made during a pottery demonstration-workshop on the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation led by Cora Wahnetah (Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1907-1986) in 1965; purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Choctaw Craft Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
Philadelphia; Neshoba County; Mississippi; USA
See related items
Mississippi Choctaw
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/7109
Barcode
257109.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Tripod vessel
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled, burnished
Dimensions
8.1 x 7.9 x 6.9 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e53f651d-25f0-406d-b63d-5c613a849b68
Record ID
NMAI_272994