<P> "Big Boy", which was uncovered from the Great Mortuary of Craig Mound at Spiro, is a large effigy pipe weighing 11 lbs., 8 oz., probably made of bauxite . It is likely that it was originally a sculpture that was only later converted into a pipe bowl . This remarkable artifact was first illustrated in 1952 . The figure is nude, with his hair arranged in an occipital bun and a long braid hanging over his left shoulder . His only body clothing is a cape draped over his back . The cape has a "spade" or feather design, leading most archaeologists to conclude that it was a feather cape, a mantle well known from many Native American cultures in historical times . However, it seems unlikely that it actually is a feather cape . </P> <P> The blanket...is decorated with a "spade" design, which, considering the accuracy of detail and faithfulness of depiction in the rest of the pipe, is a detail that should be interpreted literally rather than figuratively . In this light, the "spade" design elements should be regarded as part of the blanket itself . </P> <P> It once bore a heavy coat of red ochre, some of which is still visible . He also wears a flat cap with a raised border around its top which has an "ogee" design in negative relief . Brown believes that this cap "appears to be a case for displaying a copper plate ." The subject of the sculpture also wears a rich, triple - strand necklace of wampum beads . His most interesting feature, however, is a pair of prosopic ear ornaments, clearly of the Short - Nosed God type . Reilly, on the assumption that the SECC clay effigy pipes are of divine subjects, concludes, because of Big Boy's long red braid and prosopic earpieces, that he must represent "Morning Star" (by which he means Red Horn). James A. Brown leans strongly towards this view, but voices a note of caution: </P> <P> All told, we have in this figure a remarkable combination of the very elements by which the Red Horn hero - deity of the Winnebago is identified in myth . Although this might suggest that the Red Horn identification can be extrapolated into deep antiquity, caution is dictated because of the inherent ambiguities attendant upon the sources of our information, to say nothing of the time spread involved . </P>

Who said this for kinship it is the red on which one leans throughout life