Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Effigy Bowl
This bird-shaped vessel, like others in the form of
humans and animals, is called an effigy bowl. The sides were
hand-built by pinching together successive coils or ropes of
clay and smoothing them. Also formed from clay, the bird's
neck and head extend from the bowl's side. The abstract head
includes only a slightly pointed beak and large round eyes.
Opposite the head, a semicircular projection of clay
suggests tailfeathers and provides a small handle. The
oval-shaped bowl itself becomes the bird's body. The artist
has included only those details necessary to suggest the
bird's form.
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