Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Effigy bird jar
Date: 1880-1890
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
8.9 × 12.7 × 7.6 cm (3 1/2 × 5 × 3 in.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Alice Corbin Henderson, 1929.
Place Made:
Valencia, Cibola, Bernalillo, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.2002
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit November 29-30, and December 1, 2016 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 7”): The clay inside the bird is white and the exterior is white on the head. The discoloration of the white color of the head may be from use and age. The participants believe this is Acoma based on the color of the clay.
According to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit January 18-19, 2024 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 13”): This could possibly be a seed jar. The participants all agreed this item is not sensitive.
In Collection(s)
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