Globular Bottle

Mississippian

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Object Label

This delicate Caddoan bottle in the Keno Trailed style is covered with incised, broad parallel lines and scrolls that form a four-pointed star motif when the vessel is viewed from above (see photograph).

Caption

Mississippian. Globular Bottle, 1200–1400. Ceramic, 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (21 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm) mount (dims with display pliacre support): 9 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (22.9 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 75.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.88_PS11.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Globular Bottle

Date

1200–1400

Period

Temple Mound II, Fulton Phase

Medium

Ceramic

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (21 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm) mount (dims with display pliacre support): 9 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (22.9 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund

Accession Number

75.88

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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