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Cooking pot/kettle part/fragment

Object Details

Collection History
Excavated in 1918 by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) during MAI fieldwork sponsored by MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
probably Lenape (Delaware) (archaeological) (attributed)
Excavator
Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
Expedition sponsor
Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
Date created
AD 1600–1700
Object Name
Cooking pot/kettle part/fragment
Media/Materials
Brass
Techniques
Cut, hammered
Object Type
Food Gathering and Preparation
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