Pottery smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1300–1450 (Middle to Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible excavator
content: Glen McGirr, Non-Indian, 1884-1978
label: Previous owner
content: Gene B. Whiting (Genevieve Bearmore Whiting/Mrs. Percy H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1896-1990
label: Previous owner
content: Percy Hollister Whiting (P. H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1880-1967
label: Donor
content: Gene B. Whiting (Genevieve Bearmore Whiting/Mrs. Percy H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1896-1990
label: Donor
content: Percy Hollister Whiting (P. H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1880-1967
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; possibly excavated by Glen McGirr (1884-1978, of Maquon, Illinois); subsequently in the collection of his sister-in-law, Gene B. Whiting (1896-1990), and her husband Percy Hollister Whiting (1880-1967); donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Percy Whiting in 1958.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Bluff City; Schuyler County; Illinois; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Pottery making tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/6244
label: Barcode
content: 226244.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pottery making tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pottery smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved