Pottery smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 750–1350 (Pueblo I to Pueblo III period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Cibola (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: P. S. Higgins (T. S. Higgins), Non-Indian
label: Previous seller
content: P. S. Higgins (T. S. Higgins), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
label: Donor
content: William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased in 1898 from P. S. Higgins, a curio dealer in Frisco, New Mexico, by William J. Mackay (1852-1919, vice president of the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co, Springfield, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by William J. Mackay in 1918.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Middle San Francisco Plaza (Frisco); Catron County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Cibola (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Pottery making tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8/7645
label: Barcode
content: 087645.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pottery making tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pottery smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Painted, ground