Potsherd
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Maker unknown
Medium
Clay
Geography
Ontario, Fort Albany
Date
1678-1720
Period
17th-18th centuries
Dimensions
2.8 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm
Object number
970.391.3136
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
This large ceramic sherd from Fort Albany, Ontario, is a fragment from a coarse earthenware utilitarian vessel. The lead glaze, applied on both sides, is orange on the exterior surface and dark red on the interior. There is no decoration visible.
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