Pre-Columbian Missippian Culture Small Clay Bowl british math Just a nice old wooden

Just a nice old wooden foundry jar mold with a good patina

a very unhappy looking man transforms into a widely smiling one

I am completely taken with these four men in marvelously patterned caps and suits

I've had told this wonderful old handmade brush with long

Pre-Columbian Missippian Culture Small Clay Bowl british math Just a nice old woodenI purchased this small pot yesterday from one of my favorite dealers in NH (and really anywhere) and know it is Mississipian, the Native American civilization that flourished from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE in areas of what is now the Midwest, East, and Southeast, known for using riverine shell as a tempering agent in making the clay paste for pottery. The Mississippian produced some incredibly effigy vessels in the form of human heads and