African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1009
Two North American Bird Stones
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £4800
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Description
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.