Bowl
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1900; formerly in the collection of J. Howard Nickerson (of Chatham, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by J. Howard Nickerson in 1924.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1500–1800
- Catalog Number
- 13/897
- Barcode
- 130897.000
- Culture/People
- probably Shoshone (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- J. Howard Nickerson (J. H. Nickerson), Non-Indian
- Donor
- J. Howard Nickerson (J. H. Nickerson), Non-Indian
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Bowl
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Red Canyon Creek, Madison Basin; Gallatin County; Montana; USA
- See related items
- Shoshone (archaeological)
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_140759
- Usage
- CC0
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