Spud

Spud, between 600 BCE and 1400 CE

  • Mississippian, Native American

Black slate

  • Overall: 7 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 inches (18.7 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm)

Gift of Marygrove College

52.224.15

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

  • Temple mound period
  • Mississippian
  • Serrating
  • Slate
  • Barking iron
  • Great lakes

Details

Marygove College (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

possibly Mississippian, Native American, Spud, between 600 BCE and 1400 CE, black slate. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Marygrove College, 52.224.15.

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