id:			139468
accession number:	1963.272
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.272
updated:		2025-08-07 22:31:11.274000

Bird Effigy Pipe Fragment, 400 BCE–100 CE. Native North America, Adena people, Vance Mound, Newton Township, Licking County, Ohio. Sandstone; overall: 6.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arthur George Smith 1963.272

title:				Bird Effigy Pipe Fragment
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creation date:			400 BCE–100 CE
creation date earliest:		-400
creation date latest:		100
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creditline:			Gift of Arthur George Smith
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culture:	Native North America, Adena people, Vance Mound, Newton Township, Licking County, Ohio
technique:	sandstone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Native North America
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	Stone mound on the farm of Jacob Vance, about a mile west of Louisville
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measurements: Overall: 6.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 1 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Found in a stone mound on the farm of Jacob Vance, about a mile west of St. Louisville, Newton Township, Licking County, Ohio, by Mr. B. Jones of Columbus, Ohio.
	date: c. 1882
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	James C. Wright
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	Charles F. Wray, West Rush, NY
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	Arthur George Smith, Norwalk, Oh, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1963-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Townsend, Earl C. "Hopewell or Adena Effigy Pipes." <em>Central States Archaeological Journal</em> 1, no. 2 (1954).
	page number: 	p. 45, 47-48
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/43137555

	Smith, Arthur George.<em> "</em>An Adena Effigy Pipe," <em>The Ohio Archaeologist </em>Vol. 14, no. 1 (1964).
	page number: 	pp. 26-27
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