Paint mortar in the form of a rattlesnake
date: label: Date created
content: AD 400–1200 (Pre-Classic to Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible collector
content: John S. Miller, Non-Indian, 1866-1917
label: Previous owner
content: John S. Miller, Non-Indian, 1866-1917
label: Previous seller
content: John S. Miller, Non-Indian, 1866-1917
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
label: Seller
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably collected by John S. Miller (1866-1917), a Florence, Arizona, miner who also worked for Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology) during Fewkes' 1907 excavations at the nearby site of Casa Grande; purchased by Jesse Walter Fewkes from John S. Miller circa 1915; purchased by MAI from Jesse Walter Fewkes circa 1917.
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place: label: Place
content: Five miles south of the Picacho Reservoir; Picacho Reservoir, Gila River; Pinal County; Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Art and Printing tools
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/7325
label: Barcode
content: 067325.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Art and Printing tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Paint mortar in the form of a rattlesnake
label: Media/Materials
content: Scoria
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 12 x 8 x 4 cm