Xi-nee'si II: Spiritual Leader Effigy vessel

Permanent Collection Autry Museum of American West, LA, CA

6-2022, 14.5" tall, 8,5" wide.
is hand coiled from clay hand dug from the Red River, tempered with freshwater mussel shell, burnished on the ear spools, necklace, and mantel feathers. Pitfired the old way in an open ground wood fire. This Indigenous Futurism piece inspired from the Caddo integrated Big Boy Pipe from Spiro, OK is a fully hollow pottery vessel with opening in the back, it stands at 14.5" tall, 8,5" wide.
 
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