Vessel in the form of a West Indian marine worm shell
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- possibly Swift Creek (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- 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)
- Object Name
- Vessel in the form of a West Indian marine worm shell
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, pigment/pigments
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 18 x 17.5 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Mound A, Burial 2; Pierce Mounds, Apalachicola River; Franklin County; Florida; USA
- Date created
- AD 150-650 (Middle Woodland period)
- Collection History
- Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1902; 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.
- Catalog Number
- 17/4993
- Barcode
- 174993.000
- See related items
- Swift Creek (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement