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Mound Builder bowl with bird head
Mound Builder bowl with bird head

Mound Builder bowl with bird head

Date13th-14th century
Object number53.55
ProvenanceFound near Nashville, Tennesse.
Published ReferencesGriffin, J. B., Archeology of Eastern U.S. (1952) p. 232; fig.121 H. Bowl with human head, Introd. to Am. Indian Art, Expos. of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc., N.Y., 1931.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions8 x 6 3/4 in. (20.32 x 17.15 cm) Overall h.: 5 5/8 in.
MediumEarthenware
Chinese
8th century
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8th century
Object number: 2010.37.19
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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20th century
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Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1850
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Mirror:  Maenad and Doe
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ca. 470 B.C.
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ca. 1885
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ca. 1885
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Italian (Genoa)
ca. 1530-50
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ca. 1860
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Chinese
mid 17th-early 20th Century
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