Ohio State Fair Butter Sculptures Honor State's History

Butter sculpture at the 2014 Ohio State Fair
of our State Artifact, the Adena Effigy Pipe.
Image Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection Archaeology Blog.

July 23, 2014.

Kathy Lynn Gray, of The Columbus Dispatch, wrote and filmed an interesting article about this year's butter sculptures at the Ohio State Fair. The Adena Effigy Pipe, our state artifact, and Flint, our state gemstone(link), are both represented as Ohio symbols in the butter sculpture display at the Ohio State Fair.

"So many sculptures were in the works this year that the artists ran out of the 55-pound blocks of butter they normally use and had to order in 1-pound blocks.
About a half-million people typically visit the sculptures at the fair, which runs through Aug. 3."
-Kathy Lynn Gray, The Columbus Dispatch.

To read the full article, click here.


For more information, visit:

• Archaeology Team at the 2014 Ohio State Fair
• Brad Lepper, Ohio History Connection Archaeology Blog.
• July 24, 2014.
• Adena Effigy Pipe Featured as Butter Sculpture at the Ohio State Fair
• Brad Lepper, Ohio History Connection Archaeology Blog.
• July 22, 2014.
• Adena Effigy Pipe
• Ohio History Connection.
• State Artifact- Adena Pipe
• Profile Ohio.
• Flint
• Ohio History Connection.
• State Gemstone-Ohio Flint
• Profile Ohio.
• The Plains Indians, Artists of Earth & Sky
• April 21, 2014
• Traveling Adena Pipe
• April 11, 2014.
• Ohio's Adena Effigy Pipe Featured in International Art Exhibit
• April 4, 2014.