Mississippian Pottery Frog Effigy Jar
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Native American, Midwestern United States, Mississippian, Arkansas, Saint Francis River, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A delightful grayware jar in the form of a frog. The vessel presents a globular body, a tubular neck, and a flared rim, while the adorable amphibian is shown atop the jar in low relief with legs folded at the sides. His petite snout projects from one side and his tail protrudes from the other, as the neck of the jar rises from the center of his back. Size: 3.8" Diameter x 3.6" H (9.7 cm x 9.1 cm)
Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection; ex-Arrowhead Museum Gallery, Perry, Missouri, USA, February 10, 2018, lot 76A; ex-Joe R. Golden collection; ex-Byron Anderson collection; purportedly found by Bill Rowlett on a site along the Saint Francis River, west of Hughes, Arkansas in the Spring of 1970
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Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection; ex-Arrowhead Museum Gallery, Perry, Missouri, USA, February 10, 2018, lot 76A; ex-Joe R. Golden collection; ex-Byron Anderson collection; purportedly found by Bill Rowlett on a site along the Saint Francis River, west of Hughes, Arkansas in the Spring of 1970
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#171483
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Professionally repaired and restored. Minor chips to rim. Expected nicks and abrasions as shown. Otherwise, excellent. Note found inside jar states: "dug by Bill Rowlett in the / Spring of 1970 on a site along / St Francis River, west of / Hughes, Arkansas - St Francis / Co. - purchased from Joe R. / Golden (6/70) / restored by B. Anderson (9/70)."
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Mississippian Pottery Frog Effigy Jar
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