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Ceramic effigy vessel, bird
Object Number 80-20-10/21131
Display Title Ceramic effigy vessel, bird
Descriptions
Object Description Mississippian Plain, variety Neeley's Ferry; bird effigy bowl, open, straight-sided, popeyed bird head (facing in), flat lug tail (undecorated), may be wood duck, burnished, slipped.
Inventory Description Ceramic effigy vessel, bird
Classification
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Date A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
  • Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arkansas / Cross County / <City> / Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Intrasite 3 feet below surface
Additional Geographic Terms Saint Francis River, West side of
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 22 cm (5 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21.131
Provenance
Collector Edwin Curtiss (01/01/1880)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (04/01/1880)

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Neeley's Ferry Plain bird effigy bowl, simple lug tail, effigy on rim
80-20-10/21053 Neeley's Ferry Plain bird effigy bowl, simple lug tail, effigy on rim
Raw Material
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Ceramic effigy bowl, bird, tail broken off, uncatalogued sherds inside vessel
80-20-10/21177 Ceramic effigy bowl, bird, tail broken off, uncatalogued sherds inside vessel
Raw Material
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Ceramic effigy bowl with handle, bird, shell temper
80-20-10/21132 Ceramic effigy bowl with handle, bird, shell temper
Effigy
Raw Material
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Rim effigies
80-20-10/21325 Rim effigies
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Neeley's Ferry bird effigy bowl simple lug tail very thin head effigy on rim
80-20-10/21688 Neeley's Ferry bird effigy bowl simple lug tail very thin head effigy on rim
Sherd
Halcomb's Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS28
Ceramic complete effigy, fish, part of tail is broken off
80-20-10/21118 Ceramic complete effigy, fish, part of tail is broken off
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Complete ceramic bowl, effigy of an animal as handle, plain
80-20-10/21553 Complete ceramic bowl, effigy of an animal as handle, plain
Effigy
Halcomb's Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS28
Ceramic effigy bowl, bird form, broken and fragmentary
80-20-10/21787 Ceramic effigy bowl, bird form, broken and fragmentary
Sherd
Robinson's Mound
Complete ceramic jar, frog effigy on body of jar, plain
80-20-10/21545 Complete ceramic jar, frog effigy on body of jar, plain
Effigy
Halcomb's Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS28
Ceramic partial bowl, mended, four lugs, plain
80-20-10/21429 Ceramic partial bowl, mended, four lugs, plain
Partial Vessel
Raw Material
Stanley Mounds; Parkin Site; Arkansas State # 3CS29
Fragment of pot with coiled handle
80-20-10/21291 Fragment of pot with coiled handle
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Jar with 4 handles and notched rim
80-20-10/21176 Jar with 4 handles and notched rim
Sherd
Raw Material
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24