File:Cahokia copper repousse plate falcon dancer recovered at Etowah mounds 13th century.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionCahokia copper repousse plate falcon dancer recovered at Etowah mounds 13th century.jpg |
English: Catalog number A91117-0, a copper repousse plate depicting Birdman. One of the two so-called Rogan plates, ca. 13th century A.D., Etowah site, Bartow County, Georgia, U.S. - named after collector J.P. Rogan.Illus. Fig. 93, left, p. 94 in Krech, Shepard. 2009. Spirits of the air: birds&American Indians in the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Identified there as copperplate depicting being with human and bird attributes, repousse sheet copper, ca. AD 1300 - 1375. Representation of other-than-human being or important man who has appropriated avian attributes, this individual displays a forked motif at the corner of the mouth and wears symbols of office and power around the neck and body, or on the head, or holds them and trophies in his hands.From the Objects of Wonder exhibition label: Copper repousse plate of falcon dancer, Mississippian, Etowah mounds, Georgia, 1300 - 1350. The dancer's wings and distinctive forked eye pattern represent a Peregrine Falcon, a symbol of the sky world of spirits and ancestors. The mace and trophy head reflect prowess in battle.Catalog record EZID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3147b5b58-2af0-4279-b4be-6e160810d9e3 |
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Author | John P. Rogan |
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Headline | Copper Repousse Plate, Catalog Number A91117-0 |
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Credit/Provider | Catalog Number A91117, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Donald E. Hurlbert. |
Source | National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution |
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Author | Senior Scientific Photographer, Donald E. Hurlbert |
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Date and time of data generation | 19:00, 8 March 2004 |
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JPEG file comment | Catalog number A91117-0, a copper repousse plate depicting Birdman. One of the two so-called Rogan plates, ca. 13th century A.D., Etowah site, Bartow County, Georgia, U.S. - named after collector J.P. Rogan.
Illus. Fig. 93, left, p. 94 in Krech, Shepard. 2009. Spirits of the air: birds & American Indians in the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Identified there as copperplate depicting being with human and bird attributes, repousse sheet copper, ca. AD 1300 - 1375. Representation of other-than-human being or important man who has appropriated avian attributes, this individual displays a forked motif at the corner of the mouth and wears symbols of office and power around the neck and body, or on the head, or holds them and trophies in his hands. From the Objects of Wonder exhibition label: Copper repousse plate of falcon dancer, Mississippian, Etowah mounds, Georgia, 1300 - 1350. The dancer's wings and distinctive forked eye pattern represent a Peregrine Falcon, a symbol of the sky world of spirits and ancestors. The mace and trophy head reflect prowess in battle. Catalog record EZID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3147b5b58-2af0-4279-b4be-6e160810d9e3 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 16:41, 28 September 2004 |
File change date and time | 10:55, 22 April 2022 |
Date metadata was last modified | 11:59, 22 April 2022 |
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