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On exhibit through May 14 at the National Cowboy Museum

Engraved shell cup

Engraved shell cup

Craig style

ad 1200–1450

Marine shell

Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Spiro site

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

189120

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Engraved shell cup

Engraved shell cup

Engraved shell cup with two supernatural figures with snake extremities dancing above a coiled snake

Engraved shell cup with two supernatural figures with snake extremities dancing above a coiled snake

Craig style

Engraved shell cup depicting armadillos

Engraved shell cup depicting armadillos

Craig style

Eight-point star motif earspools

Eight-point star motif earspools

Engraved shell gorget with human hands

Engraved shell gorget with human hands

Craig style

Crystal

Crystal

Engraved shell cup with underwater serpents

Engraved shell cup with underwater serpents

Wooden plate with copper overlay

Wooden plate with copper overlay

Exhibit Publication

Recovering Ancient Spiro Native American Art, Ritual, and Cosmic Renewal

Edited by Eric D. Singleton and F. Kent Reilly III

Hardcover ($55) Softcover ($40)

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