Shard, Pottery

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Shard, Pottery

Entry/Object ID

84.87.1

Description

Pottery Shard. Material: pottery. Size: 1 3/4" W. x 1" L. Description: brown/black fragment; one side blackened with heat. Was attached to a collection card: "Museum of Waseca Chapter No. 565, A.A., Property of J.F. Murphy." Catalog description card (in script) reads: "Fragment of pottery found on North Shore of Clear Lake Waseca Co., Minn. Oct. 18th, 1885."

Context

Dr. Schirmer of Minnesota State University, Mankato visited 2 July 2013 and determined that this is a Native American pottery shard from the middle Woodland period, 400AD.

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Shard, Pottery

Class

Artifact Remnant

Category

Unclassifiable Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

December 30, 1987

Update Date

November 21, 2024