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On exhibit through May 14 at the National Cowboy Museum

Woodpecker effigy axe

Woodpecker effigy axe

ca. ad 1400

Wood, marine shell, copper

Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Spiro site, Craig Mound

Museum of Native American History

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Textile fragment

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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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