Bird Figure

1500-1000 BC (late Archaic) 4 in. (10.16 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

“Bird stones,” are simple animal forms, often of birds but sometimes of other animals, created from hard, visually pleasing stones. They were often carved from materials with variations in them, such as banded shale, sandstone, granite, or others. Bird stones have been found...

Sculpture

id
id
5711
contentType
contentType
sculpture
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Reportedly collection of Norman Lane, Albuquerque, NM, until 2005; Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation [John Stokes as agent], March 28, 2006, by purchase [Arte Primitivo, New York, as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
4
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_2006.15.5_Side_DD_T07.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_2006.15.5_Side_DD_T07.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_2006.15.5_Side_DD_T07.jpg
imageCount 4
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2006.15.5