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Object Number 79-75-10/19959
Display Title Pottery clay, powder
Descriptions
Object Description Pottery clay, powder
Inventory Description Clay, fine powder
Classification
  • Clay
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Algonquian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Virginia / Essex County / Mattaponi Indian Town
Materials Clay
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1 bag
Label on object 79-75-10/19959
Provenance
Collector Rev. Dr. E. M. Dalrymple (1879)
Donor Rev. Dr. E. M. Dalrymple (1879)

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