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Object Number
95-21-10/4870
Display Title
Ceramic vessel, painted
Descriptions
Object Description
Small ceramic jug - “combination lost color and direct painting”
Inventory Description
Earthenware vessel with a round base and red and white painting on exterior, neck broken
Classification
- Complete Vessel
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Missouri
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Burial Mounds
Intrasite
Mound XVI
Additional Geographic Terms
Southeast
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 × 10.3 × 10.1 cm (3 3/16 × 4 1/16 × 4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Mo. Mound. XVI.; 430.; 4870#
Provenance
Collector
Prof. W. B. Potter
(01/01/1876-01/01/1878)
Collector
Dr. George J. Engelmann
(01/01/1876-01/01/1878)
Donor
Dr. George J. Engelmann
(01/01/1895)
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