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Object Number
79-75-10/19958
Display Title
Pottery clay
Descriptions
Object Description
Pottery clay, as found in nature
Inventory Description
Clay sample, small chunks
Classification
- Clay
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1879
Culture
- Algonquian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Virginia
/
Essex County
/
Mattaponi Indian Town
Materials
Clay
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1 bag
Label on object
79-75-10/19958
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Dr. E. M. Dalrymple
(1879)
Donor
Rev. Dr. E. M. Dalrymple
(1879)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mattaponi Indian Town
| |
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Clay
|
United States
| |
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Clay
|
United States
| |
| 40-24-50/4951 | "Liki" material for pot making |
Clay
|
Africa
| |
|
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for Clay chunk, red, broken
| 2003.1.3021 | Clay chunk, red, broken |
Clay
| ||
| 34-129-10/3818 | Clay used for making pottery (2nd step). Part of pottery series |
Clay
|
Pueblo of Santa Clara
| |
|
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for Pottery clay, powder
| 79-75-10/19959 | Pottery clay, powder |
Clay
|
Mattaponi Indian Town
| |
| 39-64-50/3513 | Lump of red clay, used by witch doctor. |
Clay
|
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| |
| 08-17-10/73400 | Pan clay |
Clay
|
North Carolina
| |
| 2003.1.1147 | Clay fragments/powder, red & black seeds, and cotton |
Clay
| ||
| 98-3-50/51339 | Clay from the Congo River |
Clay
|
Africa
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Clay fragments, pigmented
| 2003.1.2181 | Clay fragments, pigmented |
Clay
|
Oceania
|