Doll, D2012.78

Approx. 153mm length. Basically a length of wood/bamboo(?) with constructions of dark/black clay/dried mud on either end. One end the clay construction looks a bit like a plunger or suction cup. It is possible that this plunger is the base or stand as the artifact remains upright when this base is placed on a flat surface. The other end is a fairly elaborate dark/black clay/dried mud construction with the general appearance of a chicken/rooster's body (without the legs) sitting atop the length of wood. The beak is missing (in D88.202B this is a fragment of amber glass). The comb is a length of braided clay turned up at the end.. The eyes and mouth are tiny fragments of tin foil. A thin smooth necklace separates the head from the main body. The wings consist of a clumping of dozens of very small round clay balls roughly ordered into a set of wings - i.e. roughly formed into a 'U' shape with the ends coming out either side of the wood stick to the front of the chicken. A length of finely braided clay extends vertically down the stick between the ends of the wings apparently forming the chest of the chicken. Three fragments of the same dark clay are in the box with D88.202A & B. Two of these are horn/bent conical shaped with a hollow on one side, suggesting that one of these was shaped around the stick and attached to the base of the ' chicken forming a tail. The 3rd fragment is of the same clay, but it is unclear from which of the artifacts this originates.

mud/clay, wood/bamboo(?) ? Approx. 153mm length. Basically a length of wood/bamboo(?) with constructions of dark/black clay/dried mud on either end. One end the clay construction looks a bit like a plunger or suction cup. It is possible that this plunger is the base or stand as the artifact remains upright when this base is placed on a flat surface. The other end is a fairly elaborate dark/black clay/dried mud construction with the general appearance of a chicken/rooster's body (without the legs) sitting atop the length of wood. The beak is missing (in D88.202B this is a fragment of amber glass). The comb is a length of braided clay turned up at the end.. The eyes and mouth are tiny fragments of tin foil. A thin smooth necklace separates the head from the main body. The wings consist of a clumping of dozens of very small round clay balls roughly ordered into a set of wings - i.e. roughly formed into a 'U' shape with the ends coming out either side of the wood stick to the front of the chicken. A length of finely braided clay extends vertically down the stick between the ends of the wings apparently forming the chest of the chicken. Three fragments of the same dark clay are in the box with D88.202A & B. Two of these are horn/bent conical shaped with a hollow on one side, suggesting that one of these was shaped around the stick and attached to the base of the ' chicken forming a tail. The 3rd fragment is of the same clay, but it is unclear from which of the artifacts this originates. ? Length = approx. 153mm. Diameter of wood/bamboo = approx. 7.7mm. Height of chicken = approx. 47mm. Height of stand = approx. 17.4mm. Circumference of widest part of base = approx. 23.6mm —Joel A Vanderburg

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