Vessel fragment/Potsherd

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Date created: AD 1575–1700

Culture/People: possibly Iroquoian (archaeological) (attributed)
Collector: John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
Previous owner: John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
Seller: John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
Seller agent: Dr. Arthur C. Parker (Arthur Caswell Parker/Ga-wa-so-wa-neh), Seneca [Cattaraugus], 1881-1955

Collection History: Collected or excavated by John Kennedy (Cattaraugus Seneca) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye in 1905 through anthropologist Dr. Arthur Caswell Parker (Ga-wa-so-wa-neh, Cattaraugus Seneca, 1881-1955).
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Place: 4 miles from Lake Erie; Cattaraugus Creek; Erie County, Chautauqua County; New York; USA

See related items: Iroquoian (archaeological); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 4082
Barcode: 004082.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/Potsherd
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Incised

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60e3b044c-3562-45a7-be35-fd235eb18e30

Record ID: NMAI_4185