Bird Effigy
Date:
1450-1650
Medium:
Fired clay
Dimensions:
5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Ellen and William Taubman in honor of their son Oliver Daniel Taubman
Object number:
1993.174
The 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.
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