Shell Duck Effigy

[Charl]

These glass trade beads, shell crescent, and shell duck effigy come from the Marsh Site, a Seneca Iroquois site in upstate New York dating to the mid 1600's. The necklace was strung in modern times, of course.



Short article on duck effigy necklaces:

The Necklace

 

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[Martingeetars]

First those are awesome relics you have, and looking at the effigy it looks like it could be ivory or bone, I am no expert but the patina looks more that of which you see on bone or ivory and not shell, just a thought. Absolutely awesome pieces!

 

[pickaway]

Nice relic...

 

[Charl]

First those are awesome relics you have, and looking at the effigy it looks like it could be ivory or bone, I am no expert but the patina looks more that of which you see on bone or ivory and not shell, just a thought. Absolutely awesome pieces!

Thanks! The duck does have a nice polish at that. You can see polish on at least one in the black and white photo as well. I just checked it out with a 20x loupe, esp. the underside, which I didn't photograph. It's not ivory. I think it's shell, and shell ducks are a common effigy "bead" at Iroquois sites. But it does look like polished, patinated bone, I can see that, some spots on underside make me think shell on the other hand. Thanks for the thought!

 

[Charl]

 

[theviking]

Very nice, glad this got bumped I missed it the first time. You'r last pic does look like shell. Great stuff, thanks for the view.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Very nice!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Beautiful artifact, Charl! It's interesting to see how it's put together.
Nick

 

[Tnmountains]

My G.Grandnother was Iroquois. Thanks for the view of a culture not often seen here. Am enjoying your informative post.

 

[Get-the-point]

Very nice Charl!!!..................................GTP(Chris)