Pre-Columbian Missippian Culture Small Clay Bowl ink and gouache wear to the wood of

wear to the wood of his nose

This one really makes me want to host an afternoon tea simply in order to serve from it

Really a sweet little piece

such that I might rather hand it on the wall as a piece of conceptual art

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Pre-Columbian Missippian Culture Small Clay Bowl ink and gouache wear to the wood ofI 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