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Mississippian Style Carved Stone Fetishes

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Mississippian Style Carved Stone Fetishes
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The lot features a collection of three hand carved stone fetishes in the style of the Mississippian Mound Ancient Culture. The first shows a steatite like stone with the form of a crouching feline and having a speckled finish. The second shows a crouching grasshopper or like insect in a hard yellow/brown/green stone. Lastly shows a seated figure with a body similar to a man having two arms and two legs, but the head of an ancient "god" like figure or deity / mythological figure that they would have worshipped. The age and origin of these pieces is unknown. The seated figure is 7"x3"x2.5". Grasshopper insect is 6.75"x2 5/8"x2 5/8". The feline is 6.25"x3.5"x2.75".