Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by Tempe, Arizona, collectors Gayland R. Mills (1920-2010) and his wife Margaret Vance Mills (1922-2016) from an unnamed dealer in Scottsdale, Arizona, circa 1965; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Gayland Mills in 1985.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Gayland R. Mills, Non-Indian, 1920-2010
- Margaret Vance Mills (Mrs. Gayland R. Mills), Non-Indian, 1922-2016
- Donor
- Margaret Vance Mills (Mrs. Gayland R. Mills), Non-Indian, 1922-2016
- Gayland R. Mills, Non-Indian, 1920-2010
- Date created
- AD 1350–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Jar and vessel fragment/potsherd
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, impressed
- Dimensions
- 34 x 48 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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