Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900-1550 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Lucius H. Cheney, Non-Indian, 1836-1876
label: Previous owner
content: Onondaga Historical Association (Onondaga Historical Society)
label: Seller
content: Onondaga Historical Association (Onondaga Historical Society)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1876 by Lucius H. Cheney (1836-1876, a professor at Southeast Missouri State University, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri); probably acquired by the Onondaga Historical Association (Syracuse, New York) from members of his family who lived in Syracuse; purchased by MAI from the Onondaga Historical Association in 1959.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Morristown; Hamblen County; Tennessee; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Central/Middle Mississippian (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: 22/8170
label: Barcode
content: 228170.000
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