Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of archaeologist and filmmaker Penelope Creamer Strouth; purchased by MAI from Penelope Strouth in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Ica-Chincha (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Penelope Creamer Strouth (Penelope A. Creamer/Mrs. Howard S. Strouth), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Penelope Creamer Strouth (Penelope A. Creamer/Mrs. Howard S. Strouth), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Penelope Creamer Strouth (Penelope A. Creamer/Mrs. Howard S. Strouth), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Penelope Creamer Strouth (Penelope A. Creamer/Mrs. Howard S. Strouth), Non-Indian
- Date created
- AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate period)
- Object Name
- Jar
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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