Natchez Human Effigy
Natchez Human Effigy
Published 2018-10-17T14:06:21+00:00
Head of a limestone effigy pipe, excavated in the 1930s at the Fatherland site in Adams County, Mississippi. Drawings of this pipe were published by James A. Ford (1936:Fig. 11) and Robert S. Neitzel (1965:Fig. 15). The object, 8.5 cm high, is currently on display in the museum at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Natchez, Mississippi (cat. no. 60.89).
Ford, James A. 1936 Analysis of Indian Village Site Collections from Louisiana and Mississippi. Anthropological Study 2. Department of Conservation, Louisiana Geological Survey, New Orleans.
Neitzel, Robert S. 1965 Archeology of the Fatherland Site: The Grand Village of the Natchez. Anthropological Papers 51(1). American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Model by Steve Davis and Vin Steponaitis.
Date published | 17/10/2018 |
Title | Natchez Human Effigy |
Accession | 60.89 |
Medium | Limestone |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | Grand Village of the Natchez Indians |