Clay samples

Museum number:
2-8618a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21028618a@2cb
Alternate number:
H-558 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.179
Description:
Clay samples for making pottery. Dark gray color. Meet-see (míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making).
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Laguna, Cibola County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Laguna
Culture or time period:
Laguna
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "Meet-see" = (clay?).
Loans:
S1966-1967 #126: Lowie Museum/David D. Herod (July 2, 1967–July 3, 1967)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay samples, accession number 2-8618a,b, described as Clay samples for making pottery. Dark gray color. Meet-see (míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay samples, accession number 2-8618a,b, described as Clay samples for making pottery. Dark gray color. Meet-see (míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay samples, accession number 2-8618a,b, described as Clay samples for making pottery. Dark gray color. Meet-see (míitsʾi is the Keres word for clay for pottery making).

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