Trailed and Punctated Jar with Concentric Diamond Motifs / Southeast, Mississippian

Human head effigy bottle

Incised shell fragment with pigment

Unincised stone pulley earspool

Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Trailed and Punctated Jar with Concentric Diamond Motifs

Culture:

Southeast, Mississippian

Date:

900-1600 CE

Period:

Mississippian

Place:

Hot Spring county, Arkansas

Materials/Techniques:

Clay, shells, trailed, punctated

Classification:

Archaeology

Containers and Vessels

Object Type:

Jar

Accession No:

54.285

Previous Number(s):

V-496

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Rim Diam.: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Rim Thick.: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)

Interpretation

Description:

Jar -- Small globular bowl of dark ware decorated with incised design

Curatorial Remarks:

Jar with everted rim and rounded lip. Sub-globular body with four lines of punctations around the rim and three trailed concentric diamonds at the body. Rounded circular base. 7.5YR 4/1 Dark Gray.

Cite this Page

Trailed and Punctated Jar with Concentric Diamond Motifs. 54.285. Kravis Discovery Center. 900-1600 CE. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/54285 (12/02/2016).

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