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- Ceramic Figurine
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Painted ceramic quadruped from a pottery vessel found in Wupatki Pueblo. Design is possibly Tularosa Black-on-white. Dimensions: 3.9 cm (H) x 2.1 cm (W) x 1.8 cm (T). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Clay Fetishes
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Modeled clay figurines made by Clyde Peshlakai, a prominent Navajo resident of the Wupatki National Monument area, c. 1938. The sheep on the left was fired by Dr. Colton. The steer in the center bears a yarn tail and was never fired. Likewise, the horse was never fired and bears a yarn tail not visible in this image. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2, catalog card 3). - Clay Figurine
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Unfired clay quadruped figurine. The figurine unfortunately lacks provenience information that would help identify the cultural period of manufacture. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card); on load from the Museum of Northern Arizona. - Faces of the Past Clay Series
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta/Sinagua Description: Left to right - pinched-nose figurine, Alameda Brown Ware pinched-nose figurine, painted Flagstaff Black-on-white figurine or handle fragment, pinched-nose figurine, painted and inlaid/incised Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle, and modeled figurine or handle fragment. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - In Clay and Paint
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: (left) Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle; (right) Flagstaff Black-on-white figuring or handle fragment. Dimensions: (left) unknown; (right) Approx. 3 cm x 2 cm. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki.