Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s)
Description: Effigy handle from a miniature ladle, tentatively identified as a deer head. The ears and mouth are denoted by slits.
Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, identifies the handle as redware.
Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2.
Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.