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wooden Artifacts of North America
Deer mask; Oklahoma, LeFlore County, Spiro, Craig
Mound; 1200-1400 A.D.; red cedar and marine shell, 11 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches;
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington,
D.C.
Kneeling human-feline effigy figure;
Florida, Colier County, Key Marco; 1400-1500 A.D.; wood; 5 7/8
inches; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American
Indian, Washington D.C.
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