Disc-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1550 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Otto Giers (Otto Burkhardt Giers), Non-Indian, 1858-1940
- Previous owner
- Otto Giers (Otto Burkhardt Giers), Non-Indian, 1858-1940
- Seller
- Otto Giers (Otto Burkhardt Giers), Non-Indian, 1858-1940
- Collection History
- Excavated by Otto Burkhardt Giers (1858-1940, archaeology hobbyist and City Clerk of Nashville, Tennessee) in 1885; purchased by George Heye from Otto Giers in 1915.
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- Place
- Near Nashville; Nashville; Davidson County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Unknown Function
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/8369
- Barcode
- 048369.000
- Object Type
- Unknown Function
- Object Name
- Disc-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_52129