Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been plowed up by Mr. Pierce in 1787; given by his daughter, Mrs. Bower, to Mrs. G. W. Avery (of Hartford, Connecticut) in 1861; given by Mrs. Avery to Frederick S. Perkins (1832-1899, a well-known artifact collector from Wisconsin); acquired by Norton E. Carter (1870-1963, an Indian artifact dealer in Elkhorn, Wisconsin) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from N.E. Carter in 1926.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Mr. Pierce, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Mrs. Bower, Non-Indian
- Mrs. G. W. Avery, Non-Indian
- Frederick S. Perkins (F. S. Perkins), Non-Indian, 1832-1899
- Norton E. Carter (N.E. Carter), Non-Indian, 1870-1963
- Seller
- Norton E. Carter (N.E. Carter), Non-Indian, 1870-1963
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Cylinder-shaped object
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Object Type
- Unknown Function
