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cougar, rattlesnake) became more important. The 1975, 85, pi. 64A). The piece, which has faded,
change in animals receiving artistic attention, was originally painted in white, black, and pink.
from a broad range of animals having local prom- The pelican figurehead evidently was part of a
inence to a small set of regional ones, parallels the more complete bird carving, since fragments of
shift from less stratified to more stratified socie- wings were discovered alongside it (Gilliland
ties. Thus the Key Marco artwork belongs to a 1975, 85, pi. 67). Its original paint colors were
period much earlier than that of the historic white, black, and a buff-gray.
Calusa, who later occupied the area. The cat figurine (Gilliland 1975,116, pis. 69,
The deer figurehead, which was made with 70), perhaps a piece of shrine furniture, is stylis-
detachable ears, was originally painted in blue, tically similar to upright crouching cats from a
black, and white (Gilliland 1975, 85, pi. 643). The site dated to A.D. 200 (Sears 1982). Those earlier
wolf figurehead was found disassembled, with cats were the carved terminals of posts that were
head and separate ear and shoulder attachments found by archaeologists in similarly submerged
wrapped with green palmetto strips (Gilliland sites (Sears 1982). J.A.B.

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