Bird Effigy Pipe Fragment

400 BCE–100 CE Overall: 6.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 1 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.272

The modest appearance of this small bird-effigy pipe, its head now lost, is misleading—the carving is fine and imagery, complex. The upper part takes the form of a bird’s body, the wings folded over the back. The section beneath the bird’s breast, intact but difficult to read,...

Sculpture

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