ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Pinch Pot
Place FoundGeorgia, United States of America, North America
CultureMississippian
PeriodWilbanks Phase
Dateca. 1400-1540 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineWarren K. Moorehead's Phillips Academy Excavations, 1925
Dimensions4 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. (11.1 x 7.3 cm)
Object numberx.0232.005
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982Published ReferencesA Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: Emory University Museum, 1982), 10, number S.57a.
ProvenanceProbably acquired between 1928-1929 via Margaret E. Ashley representing Emory University in Etowah excavations by Warren K. Moorehead of the Phillips Academy. According to the Phillips Academy catalog ledger, this piece was excavated by Warren K. Moorehead in 1925, "Child's grave, village site, near Mound C."
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Art of the Americas
ca. 1350-1600 CE
900-1536 CE
4000 BCE-1000 CE
late 19th-early 20th Century
late 19th-early 20th Century
ca. 1890