Rough pottery box from a mound on O. J. Smith's land, it contained human bones

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Object Number 2004.29.2374

Display Title Rough pottery box from a mound on O. J. Smith's land, it contained human bones

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: "Tennessee. / From a mound on O.J. Smith's land. Hale's Point, Tenn. Rough pottery contained human bones (child) when found - lid was secured by clay. Davenport Acad. Nat. Science."

Keywords

Burial and Cremation
Archaeological

Subject

Department Photographic

Date 1850-1899

Culture

Southeast

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Tennessee

Additional Geographic Terms Hale's point

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 13.97 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.29.2373	Rough pottery box from a mound on O. J. Smith's land, it contained human bones		Tennessee
	2004.1.123.1.1800	Elizabeth Wilson (Watson Smith's sister)		Awatovi
	2004.1.123.1.975	Peter Blos cutting Watson Smith's hair.		Awatovi
Image Not Available for Photographs from R. E. Smith's "A Ceramic Sequence from the Pyramid of the Sun Teotihuacan, Mexico." Peabody Museum Papers, vol. 75, 1987.	2004.1.368	Photographs from R. E. Smith's "A Ceramic Sequence from the Pyramid of the Sun Teotihuacan, Mexico." Peabody Museum Papers, vol. 75, 1987.		Teotihuacan
Image Not Available for Smith's stool, wooden	30-32-50/B4591A	Smith's stool, wooden	Stool	Kitungulu
	2004.29.3468	House posts at Quashili? Smith's Inlet -Kwakwaka’wakw		North America
	20-29-50/B2198	Split palm stem, used as tongs by smiths	Tools Raw Material	Cameroon
	20-29-50/B2183	Smith's large hammer and anvil	Anvil	Cameroon
	22-2-50/B3587	Iron hoe, made by smiths to sell at markets	Hoe	Cameroon
	08-36-70/74220.1	Fighting spear made by sapao smiths	Spear	Eastern Lepanto Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Image Not Available for Fighting spear made by sapao smiths	08-36-70/74220.2	Fighting spear made by sapao smiths	Spear	Northern Nueva Vizcaya Eastern Lepanto
	2004.29.2394	Effigy jar collected by Captain W. P. Hale, 1880, found 2.25 feet down		Tennessee?

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