Bird Effigy
Date:
1300/1500
Medium:
Shell-tempered earthenware, burnished surfaces
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Lillian Henkel Haass Fund, Dabco/Frank American Indian Art Fund, and Clarence E. Wilcox Fund
Object number:
1987.1
Deep, 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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