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 viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas
ProvenanceNoley Farm site, Jefferson County, New York. Found by Robert Loveland, Watertown, NY, before 1928.
19th Century
900/1460
1550/1600
5th Century BC
1100/1400
19th Century
1300/1500
900/1200