Clay

Museum number:
2-8596
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020008596
Alternate number:
536 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Description:
Meet-see, clay used in making pottery. From the school teacher. Míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making.
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
San Felipe, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Sandoval; San Felipe
Culture or time period:
San Felipe
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
July 26, 1903
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Clay used in making pottery.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Native name: "Meet-see".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay, accession number 2-8596, described as Meet-see, clay used in making pottery. From the school teacher. Míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay, accession number 2-8596, described as Meet-see, clay used in making pottery. From the school teacher. Míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making.

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