- Historic Zuni Bowl
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Restored Ashiwi Polychrome bowl (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says this bowl has a Zuni feather design on the exterior – perhaps early twenthieth century. Commenting on the catalog provenience of Kawkina, she says the feathers are wrong, and that this is probably a recent replica effort. Red paint is usually earlier, but the design is wrong. Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology, identified this bowl as historic Zuni. Provenience: Kwakina (presumably); see Barbara Mills’ comment above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Zuni Bowl, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Restored Ashiwi Polychrome bowl (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says this bowl has a Zuni feather design on the exterior – perhaps early twenthieth century. Commenting on the catalog provenience of Kawkina, she says the feathers are wrong, and that this is probably a recent replica effort. Red paint is usually earlier, but the design is wrong. Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology, identified this bowl as historic Zuni. Provenience: Kwakina (presumably); see Barbara Mills’ comment above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Fillet-Rim Jar
Cultural Period: Native American, Period Unknown Description: Blackened thick-walled jar with a rounded base and flat bottom, decorated with a fillet around the rim; scraping marks are generally parallel to the base (catalog description). The jar has been mended at the rim. The fillet-rim is common to many Navajo utilitarian wares, suggesting this vessel may date as recently as the 1800s. Provenience: Pinnawa, Cache Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Fillet-Rim Jar, Rim Detail
Cultural Period: Native American, Period Unknown Description: Blackened thick-walled jar with a rounded base and flat bottom, decorated with a fillet around the rim; scraping marks are generally parallel to the base (catalog description). The jar has been mended at the rim. The fillet-rim is common to many Navajo utilitarian wares, suggesting this vessel may date as recently as the 1800s. Provenience: Pinnawa, Cache Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Heshotauthla Polychrome Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Repaired Heshotauthla Polychrome bowl with black-on-red interior and white-on-red exterior; identified to type by Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology. Dimensions: DIAM 29.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Heshotauthla Polychrome Bowl, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Repaired Heshotauthla Polychrome bowl with black-on-red interior and white-on-red exterior; identified to type by Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology. Dimensions: DIAM 29.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Digging Stick Replica
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (replica) Description: Replica of a Puebloan digging stick made from weathered wood in 1968. One end has been shaped into a blade. Provenience: n/a Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - White Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: White perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Argillite Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Red-orange (argillite) perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Argillite Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Red-orange (argillite) perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Irregular Turquoise Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Irregularly-shaped perforated turquoise bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Light Green Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Light green perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Ears of Corn
Cultural Period: Puebloan Description: Examples of Puebloan corn, or maize. Provenience: n/a Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Spanish Rapier
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Spanish wooden-handled cup hilt rapier inscribed with “Gio Knegt” on one side and “In Solingen” on the other. “Gio Knegt” is the mark of the maker, Johannes Knecht. “In Solingen” proclaims the sword was made in the German city of Solingen. More than one Knecht manufactured swords in Solingen, leaving the date range for the production of this sword A.D. 1670 – 1805. The style of the sword, however, suggests an earlier manufacture date, perhaps in the late 1600s – early 1700s. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Spanish Rapier, Inscription "In Solingen"
Cultural Period: Spanish Colonial (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Spanish wooden-handled cup hilt rapier inscribed with “Gio Knegt” on one side and “In Solingen” on the other. “Gio Knegt” is the mark of the maker, Johannes Knecht. “In Solingen” proclaims the sword was made in the German city of Solingen. More than one Knecht manufactured swords in Solingen, leaving the date range for the production of this sword A.D. 1670 – 1805. The style of the sword, however, suggests an earlier manufacture date, perhaps in the late 1600s – early 1700s. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.