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ProvenancePrivate collection, Anderson County, Tennessee; private collection, USA; Jon C. Griffin, Columbia, South Carolina
BibliographyKing, J.H.C. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.21, No.3. (Summer 1996): 40.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.29.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 7.
Ornament
Date1575-1625
MediumCopper
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (34.9 × 6.4 cm)
Object numberT0631
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThe upper part of this ornament represents a raptor, probably a peregrine falcon, but its tail has been elongated to resemble a rattlesnake. Celestial birds and monstrous reptiles are used to represent the cosmic powers of Sky and the Underworld. Ceremonial objects made of sheet copper cut-outs were made for the ruling elite. The copper was traded and came from the Great Lakes region.ProvenancePrivate collection, Anderson County, Tennessee; private collection, USA; Jon C. Griffin, Columbia, South Carolina
BibliographyKing, J.H.C. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.21, No.3. (Summer 1996): 40.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.29.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 7.
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