Vase

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Vase

Entry/Object ID

143/4984

Description

POTTERY BOWL

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Arkansas

Culture/Tribe

Mound Builders - Arkansas
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vase

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Horticultural Containers

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.; LINCOLN, NEB. VERN THORNBURGH HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 262B, ITEM NEAR BOTTOM OF PAGE. LETTER DATED 12/11/1915

Research Notes

Notes

This piece of pottery was created around 5,000 years ago in Arkansas, during the Archaic period. During this time, humans in the area were discovering basic gardening techniques and building mounds across Arkansas. It is thought that, at one time, there would have been thousands of mounds (all used for different purposes) covering the landscape of modern day Arkansas. Most have been destroyed in the following years.