Birdstone

Arts of the Americas

1500–1000 BCE

Archaic
Illinois or Indiana, United States

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Archaic
Title: Birdstone
Place: Illinois (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1500 BCE–1000 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 2.9 × 15.3 × 1.6 cm (1 1/8 × 6 × 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1957.300
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Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 28-29, cat. 5 (ill.).

James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn Alsdorf (1926-2019; born Marilynn Bruder), Winnetka, IL, by Sept. 17, 1957 [incoming receipt, RX2331, Sept. 17, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1957.

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