Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1100–1600 (Tairona period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Tairona (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: J. Alden Mason (John Alden Mason), Non-Indian, 1885-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1922 or 1923 by archaeologist John Alden Mason (1885-1967), then on the staff of the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois) and a member of the Marshall Field Archaeological Expedition to Colombia; acquired by MAI in 1925 through an exchange with the Field Museum.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Santa Marta; Santa Marta Municipality; Magdalena Department; Colombia
setName: label: See related items
content: Tairona (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: 14/1491
label: Barcode
content: 141491.000
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, perforated