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Rattlesnake Disk
The Rattlesnake Disk is a round sandstone palette found at Moundville in Alabama in 1883. Engraved with an open hand bearing an eye, encircled by two knotted horned rattlesnakes, it is one of the best-known objects of the Mississippian culture's religious art. Such palettes were probably used to mix pigments for ritual purposes.
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Rattlesnake Disk. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rattlesnake-disk
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- “Rattlesnake Disk.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rattlesnake-disk. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Rattlesnake Disk.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rattlesnake-disk.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Rattlesnake Disk’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rattlesnake-disk (Accessed: ).
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