English: An illustration of the head of Wulfing plate A, one of the Wulfing cache found near Malden, Missouri in 1906. Plate A is the only anthropomorphic plate of the eight plates of the Wulfing cache. Detail of the head shows several motifs associated with the "Birdman" or falcon dancer of the Mississippian Art and Ceremonial Complex or M.A.C.C. including the agnathoushead mask with distinctive crenelated crown on headdress, Forked Eye Surround Motif, occipital hair bun and beaded forelock.[1]
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Herb Roe, www.chromesun.com
↑Watkins, Virginia D. (1950) The Wulfing Plates : Products of Prehistoric Americans
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An illustration of the head of Malden plate A, the only anthropomorphic plate of the eight plates of the Wulfing cache found in Malden Missiouri. Detail of the head shows the agnathous head mask of headdress, occipital hair bun and beaded forelock.