Mississippian culture pottery is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the a
A human head effigy pot from the Nodena site
A diorama of a Mississippian culture potter from the Angel Mounds site museum
A Quadrula intermedia, a species of freshwater mussel, endemic to the US
A potter smooths the inside of a vessel
Underwater panther
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An underwater panther, is one of the most important of several mythical water beings among many Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and Great Lakes region, particularly among the Anishina
Mississippian culture pottery
…smouldering fire. Sometimes paint was worked into incised lines. Hematite could be heated to increase its spectrum from warm red to deep violet. Painted Underwater panther effigy bottle from Cross County, Arkansas Polychrome painted beakers from the Moundville site in Alabama Red and white painted beaker from the Parkin…
Underwater Panther, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian
Pictographs of a mishibizhiw as well as two giant serpents and a canoe, from Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Attributed to the Ojibwe.