Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Harriet Emerson Coverdale (1887-1955) and possibly that of her husband William H. Coverdale (1871-1949, a major collector of Canadian art and artifacts); donated to MAI by Mrs. Coverdale in 1950.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Possible owner
- William H. Coverdale (William Hugh Coverdale), Non-Indian, 1871-1949
- Previous owner
- Harriet Emerson Coverdale (Mrs. William H. Coverdale), Non-Indian, 1887-1955
- Donor
- Harriet Emerson Coverdale (Mrs. William H. Coverdale), Non-Indian, 1887-1955
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pitted object
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Unknown Function
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