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Bird Effigy

Date1450-1650
Object PlaceJefferson County, New York, United States, North America
Object PlaceNoley Farm site, New York, United States, North America
MediumFired clay
ClassificationsCeramics
Dimensions5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ellen and William Taubman in honor of their son Oliver Daniel Taubman
Object number1993.174
DescriptionThe pipe represents a pre-contact Iroquois "trumpet pipe" of a type frequently ornamented with effigies of animal and human figures on the bowl. The screech owl is rendered with large, disk-shaped eyes and wings delicately folded down over its breast.
On View
Not on view
Collections
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • Storage - Long-term   Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas
Frog Effigy
1st/2nd Century
Doll
19th Century
Vessel
900/1460
Mixing Vessel
5th Century BC
Vessel
400/600
Pipe Bowl
1750/1800
Oinochoe (Pitcher)
1st Century AD
Bird Effigy
1300/1500