{"product_id":"mound-builder-mississippian-style-head-pottery","title":"Mound Builder Mississippian Style Head Pottery","description":"\u003cp\u003e15th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5\" H x 5.875\" L x 6\" W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Coiled into a Human Head Effigy with 2 Spouts on Top of the Head for the Hair Buns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMississippian style head pottery, often called head pots or head effigy vessels, is a rare and striking ceramic artifacts created by the Mississippian culture (roughly 800–1600 CE), part of the broader \"Mound Builders\" tradition in prehistoric North America. These people built large earthen mounds for ceremonial, residential, and burial purposes across the southeastern and midwestern United States, particularly in the Mississippi River Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most iconic examples are head pots—ceramic vessels molded into the full three-dimensional shape of a human head (usually male), rather than just adding facial features to a standard pot form. These are among the pinnacles of Mississippian ceramic artistry, considered some of the rarest and most unusual clay vessels in ancient North America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47580081258661,"sku":"5224-1751","price":590.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/5224-1751_1.jpg?v=1773167643","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/mound-builder-mississippian-style-head-pottery","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}