Pendant with figure Ancestral Columbia River, Native American 3rd–13th century This is the largest and most elaborately carved standing figure from an understudied culture that flourished in the Pacific Northwest during the first millennium. Its author depicted prominent knees, elbows, and splayed feet as well as a skirt or loincloth, similar to later braided grass skirts from the region. The figure wears a large headdress—which resembles later known headdresses with earflaps—adorned with alternating bands of sunbursts and triangles and fields of vertical incisions. Although the figure’s funct

Pendant with figure Ancestral Columbia River, Native American 3rd–13th century This is the largest and most elaborately carved standing figure from an understudied culture that flourished in the Pacific Northwest during the first millennium. Its author depicted prominent knees, elbows, and splayed feet as well as a skirt or loincloth, similar to later braided grass skirts from the region. The figure wears a large headdress—which resembles later known headdresses with earflaps—adorned with alternating bands of sunbursts and triangles and fields of vertical incisions. Although the figure’s function is unknown, the intricate headdress and body markings suggest that it could be the portrait of a specific individual. View more. Pendant with figure. Ancestral Columbia River, Native American. 3rd–13th century. Bone and pigment. Possibly made in Oregon, United States; Possibly made in Washington, United States

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