Two North American Bird Stones

Two North American Bird Stones

one carved in a pink and black flecked quartz with a shaped body having a long neck and beak with protruding disc eyes, the underside pierced and with a label inscribed BIRD CARROLL Co, IND., 12cm long, and the other in a grey and black flecked quartz with an elongated body and raised eyes, pierced either end of the base and with a label inscribed Bird Wabash Co, Ind., 13cm long. (2)

Provenance

Ex. B. Knoblock Collection.

Phillips, London, Tribal Art and Antiquities, 4 December 2000, lot 194.