Big Boy pipe

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Creator(s): Timothy Pauketat

Year: 2010

Summary

This is a pipe figurine dubbed "Big Boy." It was made at Cahokia around AD 1100-1150, but found at Spiro, Oklahoma, in a context dating to around AD 1400. Interpreted as Red Horn or Morning Star by James Brown. Note the long nose god mask earrings.

Cite this Record

Big Boy pipe. Timothy Pauketat. 2010 ( tDAR id: 5695) ; doi:10.6067/XCV857196J


Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Site Name
Cahokia • Spiro

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
He-Who-Gets-Hit-With-Deer-Lungs • He-who-wears-human-heads-as-earrings • Long nose god earrings • Morning Star • Red Horn • Venus • Winnebago

Geographic Keywords
Cahokia • Illinois • Midwest • Oklahoma • Spiro

Temporal Keywords
Mississippian

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1100 to 1150

Spatial Coverage

min long: -96.152; min lat: 34.561 ; max long: -89.165; max lat: 39.707 ;

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
red-horn-1.tif 584.70kb Dec 9, 2010 1:52:00 PM Public