Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 700–1600 (Late Quimbaya period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Quimbaya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible collector
content: Frederick F. Sharpless (Frederick Fraley Sharpless), Non-Indian, 1866-1951
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick F. Sharpless (Frederick Fraley Sharpless), Non-Indian, 1866-1951
label: Donor
content: Frederick F. Sharpless (Frederick Fraley Sharpless), Non-Indian, 1866-1951
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but possibly collected or excavated before 1905 by Frederick F. Sharpless (1866-1951), a mining engineer who worked for the Consolidated Mines Selection Company (London) and visited their South American mining concerns; donated to MAI by Mr. Sharpless in 1929.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Near Medellín; Río Cauca valley; Medellín; Medellín Municipality; Antioquia Department; Colombia
setName: label: See related items
content: Quimbaya (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/4396
label: Barcode
content: 164396.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, incised