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Yamasee Bowl- Combahee River, SC
While in Florida, the Yamasee were associated with Lamar pottery, a style of mostly jars and bowls with thin walls and exterior surface decoration. After they moved to South Carolina, the Yamasee quickly adopted the Altamaha/San Marcos ceramics of their new home.
Wash Basin- Quebec, Canada
The wash basin is an example of “a compendiario”- a 17th-century decorative style featured on French, Spanish and Italian tin-glazed wares.