Chunkee stone/Discoidal (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900–1600 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- I. McGirk Mitchell (Isaac McGirk Mitchell), Non-Indian, 1868-1926
- Seller
- I. McGirk Mitchell (Isaac McGirk Mitchell), Non-Indian, 1868-1926
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Isaac McGirk Mitchell (1868-1926, a collector in St. Louis, Missouri); purchased by MAI from I. McGirk Mitchell in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Place
- Union County; Illinois; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/1569
- Barcode
- 061569.000
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Object Name
- Chunkee stone/Discoidal (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_66533