Vessel fragment/Potsherd

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Date created: probably AD 1600–1785 (Late Plains Village period)

Culture/People: probably Plains Village Tradition: Numakiki (Mandan) (archaeological) (attributed)
Excavator: Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck (E. R. Steinbrueck), Non-Indian, 1836-1918
Previous owner: State Historical Society of North Dakota
Seller: State Historical Society of North Dakota

Collection History: Excavated between 1902 and 1908 by amateur archaeologist Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck (1836-1918) for the State Historical Society of North Dakota (Bismarck, North Dakota); purchased by MAI from the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1925.
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Place: North of Bismarck; Sperry site, Missouri River; Bismarck; Burleigh County; North Dakota; USA

See related items: Plains Village Tradition: Numakiki (Mandan) (archaeological); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 14/1694
Barcode: 141694.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Vessel fragment/Potsherd
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Impressed

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66ca71b74-5c5f-43f1-838a-066b0e929831

Record ID: NMAI_152368