Animal Effigy
Vessels
7th Grade
Agenda
• Do Now – Tell me everything you know
about clay/ceramics
• 20 minutes to finish 2-Point Perspective
Temples, Self Assess, Matte, and Turn in
• Intro to Ceramics Unit – Animal Effigy
Vessels
• Time to research and sketch ideas
• Exit Ticket
Effigy pots are jars, bowls, bottles and vessels made in the
shape of humans, mythological figures (like the cat-serpent) or
animals. Some of the animals represented in Mississippian
effigy pottery include birds, fish, frogs and turtles.
--from the Old State House Museum Website
Department of Arkansas Heritage
Utilitarian v.s. Decoration
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Which one of these
items sits on your
table for decoration?
Which one of these
can you use?
Effigy Bowl Examples
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Beaver
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Wooden bowl
carved in the form
of a beaver; eyes
inset with brass
tacks. Kaskaskia
Tribe, pre-1797.
Effigy Bowl Examples continued…
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Owl
Effigy Bottle,
Orendorf site,
Fulton County.
Student made
Get Ideas
Sketch out Pottery Ideas
•All artists sketch out
ideas before starting
a new idea
•It speeds up making
the bowl because
clay dries very fast