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Requires Photography
Effigy
Native American, Missisippian
Prehistoric
about A.D. 900–1400
Object Place: Diehlstadt, Scott County, Missouri, United States, Bootheel
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
18.73 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Gardner Brewer and Miss Brewer
Accession Number77.207
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionNearly spherical body, slightly flattened on base and at shoulder. Short fat neck rises into a pared-down head form with two cat ears. The head tilts upward slightly. Vessel opening reads as a stretched open, round mouth.
ProvenanceExcavated near Diehlstadt, MO by George Julius Engelmann (b. 1847 - d. 1903), St. Louis. 1877, gift of Mary Weld (Mrs. Gardner) Brewer (b. 1803 - d. 1888) and Caroline Abigail Brewer (b. 1833 - d. 1898), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 4, 1877)