Paint mortar in the form of a rattlesnake
- Date created
- AD 400–1200 (Pre-Classic to Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- John S. Miller, Non-Indian, 1866-1917
- Previous owner
- John S. Miller, Non-Indian, 1866-1917
- Previous seller
- John S. Miller, Non-Indian, 1866-1917
- Previous owner
- Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
- Seller
- Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
- Collection History
- Probably collected by John S. Miller (1866-1917), a Florence, Arizona, miner who also worked for Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology) during Fewkes' 1907 excavations at the nearby site of Casa Grande; purchased by Jesse Walter Fewkes from John S. Miller circa 1915; purchased by MAI from Jesse Walter Fewkes circa 1917.
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- Place
- Five miles south of the Picacho Reservoir; Picacho Reservoir, Gila River; Pinal County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Art and Printing tools
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/7325
- Barcode
- 067325.000
- Object Type
- Art and Printing tools
- Object Name
- Paint mortar in the form of a rattlesnake
- Media/Materials
- Scoria
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, incised
- Dimensions
- 12 x 8 x 4 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_72347