The Pueblo Indians
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A fossilized piece of wood in Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona), where hundreds of petrified tree trunks, visible above soil level, can be seen. Iron, manganese, carbon and other minerals have imparted these unusual colors to the silica that was deposited in the wood as it lay buried under mud and water.
A cat-like beast of prey (a mountain lion?) engraved on a sandstone block. The animal is stylized; the vertical, stiff legs are juxtaposed with the curved line of the torso, which is repeated in the tail. The artist intended a certain realism: He emphasized the curved claws and gave the animal two large eyes and a wide open mouth. Length: 30 inches. Rainbow Forest Museum, Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona).
