Chunkee stone/Discoidal (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1500 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- possibly South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- John Bailey Nicklin (J. B. Nicklin), Non-Indian, 1843-1919
- Presenter/funding source
- William De Forest Haynes, Non-Indian, 1862-1932
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Bailey Nicklin (1843-1919, a Chattanooga, Tennessee, pharmacist and collector); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1920 using funds donated by William De Forest Haynes (1862-1932, a New York City businessman).
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- Place
- North Georgia; Georgia; USA
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 10/2405
- Barcode
- 102405.000
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Object Name
- Chunkee stone/Discoidal (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_110589