Native American Terracotta Hooded Owl Effigy Vessel, Mississippian Period, 1200 - 1300 CE. Ex: Archaeologist Bart Reid, Charlottesville, VA. Found on Tyler Mound, Fulton County Kentucky in 1930. Spherical body with protruding beak and well defined eyes. Small void on reverse for filling vessel with liquids. Professionally repaired from original pieces and in excellent condition. 8 1/4" high. The history of ancient dwellers of Fulton Co. Kentucky now appears only in their silent monuments, as... Click for details
Rare Roosevelt Red Ware Pottery Duck Effigy Jar. With pointed ears, detailed eyes and beak, globular body with feather-like markings. 8" long, excellent condition. Ca. 1150-1400. Ex. Helen Andrews collection, Albuquerque, NM, acquired from Jack Taylor collection, Prescott, AZ. For similar item,see p. 49 Peckham, Stewart. From This Earth (Santa Fe University of New Mexico Press, 1990). Roosevelt Red Ware, also known as Salado Red Ware and Salado Polychrome, is a late prehistoric pottery tradition... Click for details
