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Description	English: Catalog number A91117-0, a copper repousse plate depicting Birdman. One of the two so-called Rogan plates, ca. 13th century A.D., Etowah site, Bartow County, Georgia, U.S. - named after collector J.P. Rogan.Illus. Fig. 93, left, p. 94 in Krech, Shepard. 2009. Spirits of the air: birds&American Indians in the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Identified there as copperplate depicting being with human and bird attributes, repousse sheet copper, ca. AD 1300 - 1375. Representation of other-than-human being or important man who has appropriated avian attributes, this individual displays a forked motif at the corner of the mouth and wears symbols of office and power around the neck and body, or on the head, or holds them and trophies in his hands.From the Objects of Wonder exhibition label: Copper repousse plate of falcon dancer, Mississippian, Etowah mounds, Georgia, 1300 - 1350. The dancer's wings and distinctive forked eye pattern represent a Peregrine Falcon, a symbol of the sky world of spirits and ancestors. The mace and trophy head reflect prowess in battle.Catalog record EZID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3147b5b58-2af0-4279-b4be-6e160810d9e3
Date	8 March 2004
Source	https://www.si.edu/object/nmnhanthropology_8319024
Author	John P. Rogan

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Headline	Copper Repousse Plate, Catalog Number A91117-0
Credit/Provider	Catalog Number A91117, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Donald E. Hurlbert.
Source	National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution
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Image title	Catalog number A91117-0, a copper repousse plate depicting Birdman. One of the two so-called Rogan plates, ca. 13th century A.D., Etowah site, Bartow County, Georgia, U.S. - named after collector J.P. Rogan.Illus. Fig. 93, left, p. 94 in Krech, Shepard. 2009. Spirits of the air: birds&American Indians in the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Identified there as copperplate depicting being with human and bird attributes, repousse sheet copper, ca. AD 1300 - 1375. Representation of other-than-human being or important man who has appropriated avian attributes, this individual displays a forked motif at the corner of the mouth and wears symbols of office and power around the neck and body, or on the head, or holds them and trophies in his hands.From the Objects of Wonder exhibition label: Copper repousse plate of falcon dancer, Mississippian, Etowah mounds, Georgia, 1300 - 1350. The dancer's wings and distinctive forked eye pattern represent a Peregrine Falcon, a symbol of the sky world of spirits and ancestors. The mace and trophy head reflect prowess in battle.Catalog record EZID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3147b5b58-2af0-4279-b4be-6e160810d9e3
Author	Senior Scientific Photographer, Donald E. Hurlbert
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JPEG file comment	Catalog number A91117-0, a copper repousse plate depicting Birdman. One of the two so-called Rogan plates, ca. 13th century A.D., Etowah site, Bartow County, Georgia, U.S. - named after collector J.P. Rogan. Illus. Fig. 93, left, p. 94 in Krech, Shepard. 2009. Spirits of the air: birds & American Indians in the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Identified there as copperplate depicting being with human and bird attributes, repousse sheet copper, ca. AD 1300 - 1375. Representation of other-than-human being or important man who has appropriated avian attributes, this individual displays a forked motif at the corner of the mouth and wears symbols of office and power around the neck and body, or on the head, or holds them and trophies in his hands. From the Objects of Wonder exhibition label: Copper repousse plate of falcon dancer, Mississippian, Etowah mounds, Georgia, 1300 - 1350. The dancer's wings and distinctive forked eye pattern represent a Peregrine Falcon, a symbol of the sky world of spirits and ancestors. The mace and trophy head reflect prowess in battle. Catalog record EZID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3147b5b58-2af0-4279-b4be-6e160810d9e3
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Keywords	Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian SI National Museum of Natural History NMNH Anthropology Archaeology A91117-0 A91117 91117 Copper Repousse Plate Copper Plate Copper Repousse Plates Rogan Plate Rogan Etowah Bartow Georgia Birdman Avian Wings Feathers Mississippian
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