Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1200–1700 (Middle to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Plaquemine (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Previous owner
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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- Place
- Shell mound on island along Morton's Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Bayou des Allemands; Saint Charles Parish, Lafourche Parish; Louisiana; USA
- See related items
- Plaquemine (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 7889
- Barcode
- 007889.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel fragment/Potsherd (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Incised, impressed, modeled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_8386