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Chontal Mayan and Olmec statue The Chontal refer to themselves as the Yokot'anob or the Yokot'an, meaning "the speakers of Yoko Ochoco" They consider themselves the descendants of the Olmecs, and are not related to the Oaxacan Chontal. South American Art, American History, Mexican Men, Mesoamerican, African Culture, Ancient Aliens, Ancient Civilizations, Archaeology, Nativity

South American Art

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African Culture

Ancient Civilizations

Chontal Mayan and Olmec statue The Chontal refer to themselves as the Yokot'anob or the Yokot'an, meaning "the speakers of Yoko Ochoco" They consider themselves the descendants of the Olmecs, and are not related to the Oaxacan Chontal.

These are the original inhabitants of the area that is now Mississippi. There is one federally recognized Indian tribe in Mississippi today: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Native American Quotes, Native American Tribes, Native American History, Choctaw Indian, Indian Tribes, Cherokees, Choctaw Nation, Into The West, New Orleans

Native American Quotes

Native American Tribes

Native American History

These are the original inhabitants of the area that is now Mississippi. There is one federally recognized Indian tribe in Mississippi today: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

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Native American Actress

Native American Girls

Native American Images

Native American Beauty

American Actors

American Indians

American Symbols

Violet Duncan's Photoshoot | nativemensmagazine Native American Models, Native American Pictures, Native American Indians, Native Indian, First Nations, Sweet Girls, Beautiful Women

Native American Models

Native American Pictures

Native American Indians

Beautiful Women

Violet Duncan's Photoshoot | nativemensmagazine

Danzante Hermosa North American Tribes, Native American Shirts, Native American Symbols, American Pride, American Artists

North American Tribes

Native American Shirts

Native American Symbols

American Artists

Danzante Hermosa

Lick Creek gorget, a Mississippian pendant carved from marine shell featuring a coiled rattlesnake, in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History Indian Artifacts, Native American Artifacts, Native Art, Natural History, Beadwork, North America, Masks, Shells, Knowledge

Indian Artifacts

Native American Artifacts

Natural History

Lick Creek gorget, a Mississippian pendant carved from marine shell featuring a coiled rattlesnake, in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History

A Mississippian culture Hightower style Birdman themed shell gorget from the Hixon Site in Hamilton County, Tennessee and now housed at the Frank H. McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ancient Art, Ancient History, Hopewell Indians, Hopewell Culture, Old Stone, Dark Ages

Ancient History

Hopewell Indians

Hopewell Culture

A Mississippian culture Hightower style Birdman themed shell gorget from the Hixon Site in Hamilton County, Tennessee and now housed at the Frank H. McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Human Personality, Knights Templar, Indigenous Art, Art And Technology, Mound Builders, March 21, Alphabet

Human Personality

Knights Templar

Art And Technology

A Mississippian culture Williams Island style or Spaghetti style Birdman themed shell gorget. Prehistoric, Pottery

A Mississippian culture Williams Island style or Spaghetti style Birdman themed shell gorget.

Native American Design, American Indian Art, Beading, Magic Symbols, Effigy, Shell Art

Native American Design

American Indian Art

Engraved whelk shell Native American gorget pendant. Don Ham collection. Ancient Symbols, Ancient Mysteries

Ancient Symbols

Ancient Mysteries

Engraved whelk shell Native American gorget pendant. Don Ham collection.

Ancient Artifacts

Ancient Artifacts

Spiro Mound ancient shell beads, Le Flore Co Oklahoma. Ethnic Jewelry, Indian Jewelry, Jewelry Art, Jewellery, American Indian Crafts, Flint Knapping, Ancient Jewelry

American Indian Crafts

Ancient Jewelry

Spiro Mound ancient shell beads, Le Flore Co Oklahoma.

Ancient Circles

Ancient Circles

A Mississippian culture transitional Lick Creek style to Citico style shell gorget with a herpetomorphic being motif. Winged Serpent

A Mississippian culture transitional Lick Creek style to Citico style shell gorget with a herpetomorphic being motif.

Nashville I style gorget Castalian Springs Mound Site HRoe 2012CC BY-SA 3.0 Herb Roe, www.chromesun.com - Own work Nashville I style gorget found by Myers A Mississippian culture Nashville I style shell gorget found by William Myer at the Castalian Springs Mound Site in Sumner County, Tennessee and now part of the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian Native Americans, Woodland Indians, Indian Arts And Crafts

Native Americans

Woodland Indians

Indian Arts And Crafts

Nashville I style gorget Castalian Springs Mound Site HRoe 2012CC BY-SA 3.0 Herb Roe, www.chromesun.com - Own work Nashville I style gorget found by Myers A Mississippian culture Nashville I style shell gorget found by William Myer at the Castalian Springs Mound Site in Sumner County, Tennessee and now part of the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian

A ‘Spider Gorget’ from a mound of the Mississippian Culture 7 miles from St. Louis (St. Clair County, Illinois, United States of America) (C. 800-1500 CE). Doodle Art

A ‘Spider Gorget’ from a mound of the Mississippian Culture 7 miles from St. Louis (St. Clair County, Illinois, United States of America) (C. 800-1500 CE).

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Stone effigy pipe. Spiro Mound. Eastern Oklahoma. Caddoan Mississippian culture, 800–1450 A.D. Native American Wisdom, Color Symbolism, Clay Pipes

Native American Wisdom

Color Symbolism

Stone effigy pipe. Spiro Mound. Eastern Oklahoma. Caddoan Mississippian culture, 800–1450 A.D.

Mississippian Culture, from Tennessee or Georgia, Effigy Pipe in form of Bound Prisoner, 1400–1500. Stone, 4 3/4" x 6 11/16" x 3 1/2" (12 x 17 x 9 cm). © Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. (BMA-111) Prehistoric Period, Inca, Art History

Prehistoric Period

Mississippian Culture, from Tennessee or Georgia, Effigy Pipe in form of Bound Prisoner, 1400–1500. Stone, 4 3/4" x 6 11/16" x 3 1/2" (12 x 17 x 9 cm). © Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. (BMA-111)

Weoka Site, Alabama, Native American, whelk shell engraved woodpecker effigy gorget. Now THAT is the perfect patina on an authentic shell artifact. Before Us

Weoka Site, Alabama, Native American, whelk shell engraved woodpecker effigy gorget. Now THAT is the perfect patina on an authentic shell artifact.

Caddoan Bottle Southeastern United States Old Pottery, Pottery Vase, Ceramic Pottery, Indian Ceramics, Native Canadian, Native American Pottery, Bottle Vase

Ceramic Pottery

Indian Ceramics

Native Canadian

Native American Pottery

Caddoan Bottle Southeastern United States

Adena - Hopewell Artifacts | Children of the Sun Archaeological Finds

Archaeological Finds

Adena - Hopewell Artifacts | Children of the Sun

Mississippian effigy jar Missouri, Pueblo Pottery

Mississippian effigy jar

This famous "human sacrifice" effigy pipe from Spiro illustrates militaristic aspects of Mississippian life.The warrior figure leans over the crouching body of a victim and smashes his face with a war club. The item shown here is cast of the original, which has a height of about 24 centimeters (9.5 inches). Courtesy Robert Bell and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

This famous "human sacrifice" effigy pipe from Spiro illustrates militaristic aspects of Mississippian life.The warrior figure leans over the crouching body of a victim and smashes his face with a war club. The item shown here is cast of the original, which has a height of about 24 centimeters (9.5 inches). Courtesy Robert Bell and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Incised representation on whelk shell of human (male) figure in elaborate sash and breechclout grasping a staff with either avian or reptilian creatures--or a combination of both--wrapped or bundled around the staff. This figure may be perched at the bow of a large canoe, as there are other largely fragmentary representations (see above) of similar figures paddling such canoes. Mystery Of History, Canoes, Male Figure, Native American

Mystery Of History

Native American

Incised representation on whelk shell of human (male) figure in elaborate sash and breechclout grasping a staff with either avian or reptilian creatures--or a combination of both--wrapped or bundled around the staff. This figure may be perched at the bow of a large canoe, as there are other largely fragmentary representations (see above) of similar figures paddling such canoes.

Pendant with Serpent Design [Mississippian peoples; Tennessee] (1979.206.446) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tennessee, Cultural Patterns, Shell Pendant

Cultural Patterns

Pendant with Serpent Design [Mississippian peoples; Tennessee] (1979.206.446) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art