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This small effigy was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1980. Zoomorphic effigies represent animals or birds. This effigy, with its pointed "face," suggests it may have been meant to represent a bird. It is made of igneous rock with incised lines on the body and face. When the effigy arrived in the collections of the Kansas Historical Society it had questionable provenience, its record of ownership. While this is disappointing it does not mean the effigy has lost all of its utility and value as it can still be used for teaching purposes.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 472491
Call Number: 1980.E.56
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 472491
Collections - Archeology - Ethnographic
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Effigy
People - American Indians
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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