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.

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