Bowl

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Date created: AD 1000–1850 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)

Culture/People: probably Chumash (archaeological) (attributed)
Previous owner: Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (Louis Goethe Dreyfus), Non-Indian, 1862-1939
Seller: Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (Louis Goethe Dreyfus), Non-Indian, 1862-1939
Presenter/funding source: James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (1862-1939, a Santa Barbara, California, real estate agent and investor); purchased by MAI from Louis Dreyfus in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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Place: Santa Barbara County; California; USA

See related items: Chumash (archaeological); Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, California & Great Basin

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 6/4380
Barcode: 064380.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Bowl
Media/Materials: Steatite/soapstone
Techniques: Pecked, carved, ground, incised
Dimensions: 33 x 39 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d4bd0eb5-b74f-4042-8d45-33101903d5c7

Record ID: NMAI_69603