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- Small Black-on-white Pot
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: This little black-on-white pot was found in a California Goodwill store with a World War I-era newspaper article inside. Goodwill Industries manager Lance Aguiar identified the pot in the donations and immediately contacted Navajo National Monument. In 2009, Goodwill returned the pot to Navajo National Monument, requesting in the accompanying letter knowledge of the outcome regarding the authenticity of the pot so that they could share in their local newspaper the story of the vessel. Navajo National Monument thanked Lance Aguiar directly in their response letter, saying: "This is a great example of the public playing an important role in cultural resource preservation efforts... that protect our national heritage," and in a separate letter to Mr. Aguiar: "We sincerely thank you for your thoughtfulness and effort in returning the pot to its place of origin." Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument - Black Mesa Black-on-white Olla
Rotate Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Black Mesa Black-on-white olla, broken and mended. Dimensions: Approximately 17 1/2 inches high, 17 inch diameter. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3477). - Flagstaff Black-on-white Olla
Rotate Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Flagstaff Black-on-white olla. Dimensions: 18 H x 18 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 154). - Banded Corrugated Jar
Description: Banded corrugated jar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Gray Corrugated Jar
Description: Gray corrugated jar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Play Gray Vessel
Description: Plain gray vessel. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Gray Corrugated Jar
Description: Gray corrugated jar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Sosi Black-on-white Olla
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Sosi Black-on-white olla with a pointed bottom and constricted neck. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2671). - Black Mesa and Sosi Black-on-white Olla
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Large Black Mesa and Sosi Black-on-white olla. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3413). - Tusayan Corrugated Olla
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Grey corrugated olla. Dimensions: 13 1/4 H x 12 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 80). - Atypical Tusayan Polychrome
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Atypical Tusayan Polychrome bowl bearing both broad line and hatched motifs on the interior. The exterior is unslipped with two broad red encircling bands below the rim and bears a horizontal strap handle. The vessel has been repaired, but is missing one small sherd. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 383). - Black Mesa Black-on-white
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Black Mesa Black-on-white seed jar. Dimensions: 6 H x 10 diameter (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3469). - Tusayan Gray Ware Effigy Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Bowl with an incurved rim and two rows of pointed knobs encircling the the diameter of the vessel between the shoulder and rim. The bowl may be a datura or seed pod effigy. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 358). - Tsegi Orange Jar
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Small Tsegi Orange vessel bearing red or orange slip but no designs and a handle made of two coils pressed together. Dimensions: 3 1/2 H x 3 5/8 diameter (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3369). - Kiet Siel Polychrome Canteen
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Kiet Siel Polychrome canteen. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3476).