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Comparative Notes on the Hand-Eye and Related Motifs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert L. Rands
Robert L. Rands*
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University of MississippiUniversity, Miss.
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Almost 50 years ago, Clarence B. Moore called attention to the presence of “the symbol of the open eye on the open hand” in both the Southeastern United States and Mexico (Moore 1907: 346). The design has achieved some renown as one of the motifs characterizing the so-called “Death Cult” in the Southeast and has also continued to be cited as an indication of Middle American connections (for example, Phillips 1940: 356). Rather little has been done in following up Moore's observation through detailed comparative studies between the 2 areas.

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American Antiquity , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , January 1957 , pp. 247 - 257
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1957

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