Fish hook (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1000–1600 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Allen Brown (Allen Lester Brown), Non-Indian, 1895-1977
label: Seller
content: Allen Brown (Allen Lester Brown), Non-Indian, 1895-1977
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been found circa 1937 in a cache of approximately 350 fish hooks inside a fish-shaped pottery vessel; purchased by MAI from Allen Brown (1895-1977, an Indian artifact dealer and artist in Chicago, Illinois) in 1949.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mississippi County; Arkansas; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/3365
label: Barcode
content: 213365.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Fish hook (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved