Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 700–1600 (Late Quimbaya period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Quimbaya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Frederick F. Sharpless (Frederick Fraley Sharpless), Non-Indian, 1866-1951
- Previous owner
- Frederick F. Sharpless (Frederick Fraley Sharpless), Non-Indian, 1866-1951
- Donor
- Frederick F. Sharpless (Frederick Fraley Sharpless), Non-Indian, 1866-1951
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but possibly collected or excavated before 1905 by Frederick F. Sharpless (1866-1951), a mining engineer who worked for the Consolidated Mines Selection Company (London) and visited their South American mining concerns; donated to MAI by Mr. Sharpless in 1929.
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- Place
- Near Medellín; Río Cauca valley; Medellín; Medellín Municipality; Antioquia Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Quimbaya (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/4395
- Barcode
- 164395.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, punctate, modeled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_176209