Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
ANIMAL CARVINGS
FROM
FROM
MOUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BY
HENRY W. HENSHAW.
HENRY W. HENSHAW.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ANIMAL CARVINGS FROM MOUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
INTRODUCTORY.
MANATEE.
TOUCAN.
PAROQUET.
MANATEE.
TOUCAN.
PAROQUET.
KNOWLEDGE OF TROPICAL ANIMALS BY MOUND-BUILDERS.
OTHER ERRORS OF IDENTIFICATION.
OTHER ERRORS OF IDENTIFICATION.
SKILL IN SCULPTURE OF MOUND-BUILDERS.
GENERALIZATION NOT DESIGNED.
PROBABLE TOTEMIC ORIGIN.
GENERALIZATION NOT DESIGNED.
PROBABLE TOTEMIC ORIGIN.
ANIMAL MOUNDS.
THE "ELEPHANT" MOUND.
THE "ALLIGATOR" MOUND.
THE "ELEPHANT" MOUND.
THE "ALLIGATOR" MOUND.
HUMAN SCULPTURES.
INDIAN AND MOUND-BUILDERS' ART COMPARED.
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
INDEX.
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