Effigy

from the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Pictures and descriptions of prehistoric images and effigies of owls from the Upper Paleolithic to the recent past.

Tomb Effigy of the Black Prince Canterbury Cathedral Trinity Chapel, 1376

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Sherry Hill find, Doe River valley, Carter County, Tennessee This once fully natural pebble was recognized to have a strong resemblance to a bird by someone in Stone Age prehistory. Mimetoliths are naturally occurring rocks which resemble other objects known to the viewer. A psychological phenomenon described by Bustamante, et al. as the "PAH triad" may be responsible for stimulating the desire of someone to make modifications to the stone, transforming it into an artifact in the strict…

from The Wicker Man w/ Christopher Lee & Edward Woodward 1973

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Effigy of Siegfried von Schwalbach (+27. June 1497). This effigy has an interesting history. Siegfried died in a conflict known as the 'Bopparder Krieg" (the Boppard war) with the Archbishop of Trier Johann II in the summer of 1497 along with his squire while defending the Balzpforte (Balz gate) of the fortress city of Boppard.