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Title
Birdstone
Subject
Effigies
Prehistoric peoples
Time Period
Late
Archaic
Description
This
birdstone
is
a
painted
plaster
cast
of a
prehistoric
artifact
(A
4189/000025)
. The
base
is
flat
while
along
the
top
, the
sides
curve
slightly
to
form
a
ridge
in the
midline
.
One
end
is
shaped
to
form
a
stylized
head
and
neck
,
possibly
of a
bird
. The
head
is
long
and
narrow
with
small
,
rounded
projections
on
both
sides
.
Opposite
the
head
is
a
tail
with
straight
sides
and a
flat
top
. There
is
a
drilled
hole
at
either
end
of the
base
,
one
of
which
goes
through
to the
base
of the
tail
, the
other
through
to the
base
of the
neck
.
Birdstones
are
perhaps
the
most
puzzling
of
all
prehistoric
American
Indian
objects
.
Although
the
function
of
birdstones
is
unknown
, they
might
have
served
as
highly-decorative
spearthrower
weights
.
While
birdstones
are
usually
linked
with the
Glacial
Kame
people
, they have also been
found
in
Late
Archaic
sites
in
New
York
and
Pennsylvania
. This
piece
is
characteristic
of the
Red
Ocher
or
Glacial
Kame
Cultures
.
Some
Late
Archaic
groups
living
near
the
Great
Lakes
seem
to have
shared
religious
beliefs
and
rituals
even
though
they had
somewhat
different
lifestyles
. Their
names
come
from their
practices
of
making
copper
artifacts
(Old
Copper)
,
sprinkling
powdered
iron
ore
on
burials
(Red
Ocher)
, and
placing
burials
in
natural
mounds
of
glacial
soil
(Glacial
Kame)
.
Almost
all
that
is
known
of these
groups
comes
from their
burial
sites
.
Sadly
,
few
of these
sites
have been
studied
by
archaeologists
;
most
have been
disturbed
or
destroyed
by
erosion
or
quarrying
.
Thus
,
much
valuable
information
has been
lost
forever
.
Collection
Undocumented
Artifacts
from the
First
Ohioans
Exhibit
Source
WH04
Box
CF0023
; A
4786/000098
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type
StillImage
File Name
A4786_000098_1.tif
Format
picture
;
artifacts
Extent
48.09 mm high, 132.11 mm long, 30.97 mm wide.
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