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Exhibition HistoryTreasures from the Thaw Collection, Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
ProvenanceArthur Speyer, Germany; Ralph Nash, London, England; Walter Randel Works of Art, New York City; Alice M. Kaplan, New York City; gift of Joan Davidson, New York City
BibliographyThe Alice M. Kaplan Collection. (Catalogued by Linda Bantel). New York: Advisory Council of the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, 1981, pp.36-37.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.32.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 6.
Culture
Copena
Pipe
Datec. 300
MediumDark grey stone
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 12 3/8 in. (19.1 × 31.4 cm)
Object numberT0718
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextLarge stone bird-effigy pipes were apparently popular in the ancient Native network of circulated goods. They have been found in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. These pipes were produced by the Copena people in the MiddleTennessee River Valley, from c. A.D. 200 - 400. The art style seems to have been the result of influence from the earlier Havana culture in the Early Woodland Period in the Midwest.Exhibition HistoryTreasures from the Thaw Collection, Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
ProvenanceArthur Speyer, Germany; Ralph Nash, London, England; Walter Randel Works of Art, New York City; Alice M. Kaplan, New York City; gift of Joan Davidson, New York City
BibliographyThe Alice M. Kaplan Collection. (Catalogued by Linda Bantel). New York: Advisory Council of the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, 1981, pp.36-37.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.32.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 6.
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