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- Reproduction of Mural Fragment 1
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mural Fragment 1 was painted on the outer plaster layer directly over Mural Fragment 2. The fragment has a white background and a red design consisting of rectangles or broad line segments and one small triangle. No pattern is apparent, but this particular mural segment is fragmentary. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. The original reproduction was done in color, but could not be located. - Reproduction of Mural Fragment 3
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mural Fragment 3 was painted on the outer layer of plaster south of fragments 1 and 2, and is probably a continuation of Mural Fragment 1. The fragment has a white background with black and red geometric designs that consist mainly of broad vertical lines. There is also a partial half-terrace figure. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. The original reproduction was done in color, but could not be located. - Reproduction of Mural Fragment 4
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mural Fragment 4 was painted on the inner layer of plaster under Mural Fragment 3. This mural appears to have had a plain plaster background and a black and white design with small spots of red at the left. A white broad line makes a rectangular frame above, on the right, and underneath at least part of the central design. The frame is not outlined. The central design has two opposed black fringed triangle with a diagonal line separating them. It has thin framing lines on the right and left. One of these attaches to a broad white vertical line that appears to attach to the upper framing line, but not the lower. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. The original reproduction was done in color, but could not be located. - Room 15 Dado, Line Drawing
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Room 15 had a dado on the north and east walls. The dado consisted of a white background overlain with a black design of double nested rectangles. The outer rectangles were created by painting two parallel lines bisected by vertical lines, and the inner rectangles are free-floating boxes with no apparent internal elaboration contained within each outer panel. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, North and East Walls. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Reproduction of Mural Fragment 2
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mural Fragment 2 was painted on the older layer of plaster below Mural Fragment 1. The background might have been plain plaster, and the design is in black, red, white, and yellow paint. The overall layout is y-frame (plaited) with narrow parallel oblique black lines with white and colored fill. Fill designs include opposed sawtooth lines, a triangular scroll with half terrace finial, parallel zigzag lines, opposed fringed triangles, and solid red and yellow triangles. There may be a baseband consisting of a broad solid white line with a thin black outline on top. Likewise, there may have been a top band, also white with a thin black outline. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Room 4 Mural
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: The mural in Room 4 of Atsinna Pueblo was discovered during a stabilization inspection following initial excavation of the room. The outer plaster had peeled off the wall, exposing two layers of murals beneath. This picture shows remnants of Mural Fragment 1 (the outer layer), and Mural Fragment 2 (the inner layer). The latter is considered the most elaborate mural known for this period. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, East Wall. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.