Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 1 Caddo |
Effigy Bowl
About the Artist ~ Agriculture and the Development of Pottery ~ About this Object ~ Spiritual Significance ~ Look Questions ~ Think Questions
Key Points
- Some Native American societies, including the Caddo, are known as Mound Builders because of the huge earthen mounds they constructed in the Mississippi River valley.
- The coil technique and the inventive ABSTRACT design of this bowl are characteristic of Caddo and other Mississippian pottery.
- Ceramic bowls in the shape of animals, called effigy bowls today, may have been used for religious purposes.
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