Mortar with textile designs

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Date created: AD 900-1100 (Pueblo II period)

Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological) (attributed)
Expedition: Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896-1899)
Expedition leader: George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924; Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
Expedition sponsor: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933; Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
Previous owner: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Seller: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collected or excavated between May and September 1897 during the Hyde Exploring Expedition, led by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) and Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and sponsored by B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944); donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers in 1897; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Room 80; Pueblo Bonito ruins, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological); Ceremonial/Ritual items
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/1364
Barcode: 051364.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items

Object Name: Mortar with textile designs
Media/Materials: Sandstone, paint
Techniques: Ground, pecked, painted
Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fd6834a8-e916-4109-991c-4ee2c1be574b

Record ID: NMAI_55052