Seed jar
Bowl with a female potter with a child

Currently not on view

Seed jar with fire-clouding,

ca. 1300–1500 CE

Eastern Woodland (Caddo)

1998-904

Information

Title
Seed jar with fire-clouding
Dates

ca. 1300–1500 CE

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

h. 24.0 cm., diam. 17.8 cm. (9 7/16 x 7 in.)

Credit Line

The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection

Object Number
1998-904
Place Made

North America, United States, Arkansas (?), Caddoan region

Culture
Native American, Caddo
Period
Eastern Woodland and Eastern Great Lake Native American styles
Type
seed, jars, ceramics
Materials
ceramic

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