LARGE MISSISSIPPIAN PARKIN PUNCTATED STRAP HANDLED JAR

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NICE LARGE MISSISSIPPIAN STRAP HANDLED PARKIN PUNCTATED JAR FROM NORTH EAST ARKANSAS. THIS IS A FAIRLY LARGE MISSISSIPPIAN PUNCTATED JAR THAT IS ABOUT 8 INCHES WIDE AND ABOUT 7 INCHES HIGH WITH A MOUTH DIAMETER OF 6 AND 1/2 INCHES.THIS PIECE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DAMAGED AND BROKEN WHEN FOUND AND RESTORATION HAS BEEN DONE.IT HAS SEVERAL MAJOR CRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN GLUED FIRST, FILLED THEN REFINISHED..THE SURFACE OF THIS JAR IS COMPLETELY DECORATED WITH PUNCTATION MARKS FROM A INCISING TOOL OR SOMETHING SHARP. IT HAS TWO STRONG STRAP HANDLES THAT ARE NOT DAMAGED AND THE SURFACE WAS NEVER REAL SMOOTH, BUT RATHER UNEVEN AND WAVY. LOOKS LIKE A HOLE OR TWO IN THE VERY BOTTOM HAS BEEN RESTORED TO THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION AND MOST CRACKS ARE COVERED AND FILLED, BUT YOU MAY STILL SEE A FEW HAIRLINE CRACKS AND T THIS PIECE WAS BROKEN IN PROBABLY 8 TO 10 PIECES WHEN FOUND AND YOU CAN STILL SEE W IT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN PLACES. THIS PIECE IS SOLID NOW AND HEAVY LIKE THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN POTS SOMETIMES ARE..THE POT IS A GREYWARE UTILITARIAN VESSEL OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE AND MAY BE ABOUT 500 PLUS YEARS OLD. THIS JAR WAS RECOVERD IN THE 60'S AND WAS PART OF A LEGALLLY COLLECTED GROUP OF POTTERY BOUGHT FROM THE HEIRS OF THE ESTATE..THIS BOX OF POTTERY THAT THIS CAME FROM, SAID MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS AND I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION ON read more

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