Pre-Columbian Missippian Culture Small Clay Bowl sea creatures and these feel sweetly cheerful

and these feel sweetly cheerful in just the right way

but I've never seen

Those whiskers

Scuffs and scattered stains

Pre-Columbian Missippian Culture Small Clay Bowl sea creatures and these feel sweetly cheerfulI purchased this small pot yesterday from one of my favorite dealers in NH (and really anywhere) and know it is Mississipian, the Native American civilization that flourished from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE in areas of what is now the Midwest, East, and Southeast, known for using riverine shell as a tempering agent in making the clay paste for pottery. The Mississippian produced some incredibly effigy vessels in the form of human heads and