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Birdstone

1500–500 BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Birdstone
  • Date: 1500–500 BCE
  • Geography: United States, North Dakota or South Dakota (?)
  • Culture: Archaic
  • Medium: Limestone
  • Dimensions: H. 2 × W. 4 3/8 × D. 1 1/2 in. (5.1 × 11.1 × 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Stone-Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.154.142
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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