Seed Storage Bottle

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Culture Caddo

Title Seed Storage Bottle

Date 1300–1500

Medium Clay

Dimensions Object: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Overall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Credit Line Evan F. Lilly Memorial, Gift of Thomas T. Solley, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 80.63.2

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Caddoan pottery, like many of their other objects, is often decorated with incised patterns. Unfortunately, much is lost in term of meanings and interpretations associated with Caddoan motifs. These meanings were passed on through oral traditions which were greatly damaged through European diseases, contacts with the Spanish and later interactions of the United States government.

Today the Caddoan peoples are working to preserve and revitalize their culture.

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"Seed Storage Bottle | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=80.63.2