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Description
Wide-mouthed bottle with engraved and intertwined volutes. The cross-hatched swirl bands have triangular motifs that extend onto the interior beveled lip. Cross-hatching denotes a reference to serpents, especially supernatural spirits of the watery realm. Vessels engraved in this distinctive serpent theme would have allowed Mississippian ritualists to prepare medicinal drinks as ritual emetics. The style of engraving dates to the sixteenth century at Chucalissa.
Date
16th Century
Recommended Citation
Dye, David, "Wide-Mouthed Bottle" (2022). Artifacts. 5.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/chnash-museum-chucalissa-gallery2/5
Keywords
Pottery; Wide-Mouthed Bottle; Mississippian; David Dye; David Dye Exhibit; Exhibit Photographs
