Vessel fragment/Potsherd

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Date created: 200 BC–AD 1600 (Middle to Late Woodland period)

Culture/People: possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
MAI agent: Edwin Francis Coffin (E. F. Coffin), Non-Indian, 1883-1946

Collection History: Collection history unknown; probably purchased by Edwin F. Coffin (1883-1946, MAI staff member) from an unknown source in 1915 during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Shell midden; Popes Creek; Charles County; Maryland; USA

See related items: Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 4/3685
Barcode: 043685.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d8f2a092-9f43-428d-b64e-e8fadc581fdf

Record ID: NMAI_47108