Ceramic stopper

Museum number:
2-5035
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.123 and Acc.131
Description:
Broken. Made of pottery.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University), University of California, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Mastodon State Historic Site, Jefferson County, Missouri
Collector:
David Ives Bushnell Jr. and W. C. Farabee
Collection date:
July-September 1902
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ceramic ware (visual works) and Stoppers (container components)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
It is thought that these so-called stoppers are for water bottles. It may be they were for rubbing pottery in its manufacture.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ceramic stopper, accession number 2-5035, described as Broken. Made of pottery.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ceramic stopper, accession number 2-5035, described as Broken. Made of pottery.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic stopper, accession number 2-5035, described as Broken. Made of pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic stopper, accession number 2-5035, described as Broken. Made of pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic stopper, accession number 2-5035, described as Broken. Made of pottery.

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