Disc-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
AD 900–1600 (Early Mississippian to Late Mississippian period)
Culture/People
possibly Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Excavator
Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
Previous owner
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Seller
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Collection History
Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1910 or 1911; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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Place
Commerce Mound, Mississippi River; Commerce; Tunica County; Mississippi; USA
See related items
Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
Unknown Function
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
17/2044
Barcode
172044.000
Object Type
Unknown Function
Object Name
Disc-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Modeled
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fe236b13-db2a-491c-a82f-abe55b1f81ac
Record ID
NMAI_184313