Mississippian Collection

Mississippian Mound Artifacts Collection

Above: Conversation with Owen Gray on his family’s history with Mississippian ceramic pottery, ancient Old Town, and growing up as a child fishing in the Harpeth River at Old Town.

Below are highlights that demonstrate the variety of the Collection. The entire Mississippian Mound Artifacts Collection can be viewed here.

  • Ceremonial spade-shaped slate
  • Female figure jar
  • Frog shaped bowl
  • Bowl with head
  • Red ware jar
  • Bowl
  • Bear shaped bowl
  • Late Mississippian vessel
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution Joseph L. Jones CollectionDownload