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Handled Pot2013.17.15
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- glazed clay
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Rattlesnake Gorget (Breast Ornament)L49.3.2
Collection of Christopher B. Martin
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- shell
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Globular Bottle75.88
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- ceramic
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Mask86.224.159
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- wood, pigment ? and copper residue ?
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Mask86.224.160
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- wood, pigment ? and copper residue ?
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Mask86.224.161
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- wood, pigment ? and copper residue ?
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Bird Effigy Pipe69.84
Black steatite bird-effigy pipe. Bowl rises from center of bird’s back with pipe stem under its tail. Wings rendered in high relief, legs tucked under belly but turned the wrong way (forward) compared to a normal bird who would curl his feet backwards .Round eyes and raptor-like beak. Other examples of this pipe: two dogs found in Copena but rare to find them associated with Copena overall as most found in Middle Tennessee and Middle Kentucky.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- steatite stone
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Mask60.53.2
By exchange
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- conch shell
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Engraved Conch Shell60.53.1
Engraved conch shell depicting bird-man form with beaked mask and "speech scroll" coming from mouth. Engraved lines are painted with brown pigment. Streamer lines extend from head. Perforated spool in ear. The arms are extended with feathered wings hanging down. Feet are claws. Wears ankle band, necklace and belt.Such conch shells were used as cups to hold a drink made from yaupon leaves used as a purge during ceremonies.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- conch shell and pigment
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum