Bird Effigy
Date1300/1500
MediumShell-tempered earthenware, burnished surfaces
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Lillian Henkel Haass Fund, Dabco/Frank American Indian Art Fund, and Clarence E. Wilcox Fund
Object number1987.1
DescriptionDeep, ovoid-shaped bowl is made of shell-tempered grayware (Bell Plain). Tempering is visible in the vessel surface. Large, S-shaped crested bird head relief on one rim with serrated crest and broad, slightly pointed bill like a water bird. Opposite rim has stepped, rectangular tail. The bottom is flattened.On View
On viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 2
1300/1500
c. 1990
1910/1912
1545
c. 1906
12th Century
1902/1907
1884/1890