Name/Title
Ceramic Bowl with Rim EffigyEntry/Object ID
L2020.1.2Description
Mississippian Plain (?) w/ a “priest”-head effigy modeled at 90º up from the rim, directly opposite a short rounded tail-like feature w/ notched edges modeled at 90º down from the rim. Reddish-grey clay with shell (?) temper; flecks of temper visible in paste. No polishing. Body / rim of bowl show darker grey smudge spots from firing process.
Rim effigies were pottery pieces that had stylized heads and tails attached to the body of the bowl. The heads often depicted animals, humans, or some form of mythological beast.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
LabelLocation
bottom of bowlTranscription
Oswalt 171Language
EnglishMaterial/Technique
InkDimensions
Dimension Description
Dimensions: rim diam. = 7 inches, height of bowl = 3 inches; height w/ effigy = 5 inches, wall thickness = 5 mm. NB: the bowl is not perfectly round, is squashed slightly horizontally so that the diameter remains 7 inches in all directions — the non-effigy sides are slightly extended to match the width added to the plain rim of the bowl by the modeled rim-effigy features on the front and back of the bowlLocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Returned to loanerDate
January 26, 2021Location
Shelf
Collections StorageBuilding
The West Tennessee Delta Heritage CenterDate
January 4, 2021Location
Room
Museum LobbyBuilding
The West Tennessee Delta Heritage CenterDate
September 28, 2020Exhibition
Those Who Came Before: Archaeology and Material Culture of the Ancient People of West TennesseeInterpretative Labels
Label Type
Credit LineLabel
Oswalt Collection on loan from the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa