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ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyFognell, 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. 56.
Artist
Peter Jones
(b. 1947, Onondaga (Haudenosaunee), Beaver Clan)
Untitled (Bird Effigy)
Date2007
DimensionsOverall: 42 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 7 in. (108 × 17.5 × 17.8 cm)
Object numberT0853
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with Funds Provided by Eugene V. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe "Bird Effigy" piece is one of Peter Jones’ largest works to date and part of a series of animalistic figures inspired by oral stories and legends handed down through generations. According to the artists “Birds and animals used to talk to us and it was from them that we learned about medicines and food. In our dances of celebrations of these creatures, they would come to life in human form. In most of my work I concentrate on the hands and faces of people as these are the most expressive features of the human race”. The body is simplified and various nuances of body language suggest attitude.ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyFognell, 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. 56.
On View
On viewPeter Jones
1400-1500
