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Jane
Pantalone Finds
New
York State, Catskills Region
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Occasionally
the characteristic bird figure appears on an artifact that can
not be dismissed as natural without some strenuous mental
acrobatics. This is one of them. The bird is a
separate object, somehow cemented onto the pedestal. |
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Above:
Typical bird figure. Below: The same object flipped
vertically, revealing the characteristic bifrontal image of a
quasi-anthropomorphic face at one end and a bird figure at the
other.
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rocks? The one on the left seems to depict the classic
quasi-human form sending forth a creature from its belly. |
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These
figures nicely show the particular attention typically given to
the carving of the eye.
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This
figure clearly shows the common motif of a nose in the form of a
small bird-like face.
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Three
photos above: Typical bird forms.
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