The Pueblo Indians
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Ceremonial staff, a mortuary offering found in a grave in a kiva, carved out of the thigh bone of a grizzly bear with a precisely executed geometric design and a finely polished surface. Mogollon Culture, ASM.ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Slate pallete in the shape of a lizard; 6.8 inches long, .36 inches thick. Mortuary offering, Hohokam Culture, ASM.ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Middle and bottom: Two small pendants of red shale, the upper one representing a stylized bird, the middle one a sun with a number of rays projecting from it, Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), CCP.CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Pipes, used as mortuary offerings and in healing ceremonies to blow smoke over the body of the sick person. Uppermost: clay pipe; 6 inches long, Bandelier National Monument (New Mexico), Anasazi Culture, MNM.MNM = Collections of the Museum of New Mexico, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Pipes, used as mortuary offerings and in healing ceremonies to blow smoke over the body of the sick person. Two stone pipes, Sanders (Arizona), Anasazi Culture, MNA.MNA = Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (Arizona)
Objects of clay and stone (perhaps jewelry), found largely in Hohokam burials. In the Southwest the Hohokam are considered the masters of such creations, an art characterized by its style and expressive quality. - Shallow clay bowl in the shape of a curled up snake. The incised lines represent the scaly skin; 4 inches diameter HMP.HMP = Heard Museum, Phoenix (Arizona)
Objects of clay and stone (perhaps jewelry), found largely in Hohokam burials. In the Southwest the Hohokam are considered the masters of such creations, an art characterized by its style and expressive quality. - Basalt smoke maker in the shape of a big horn sheep (the horns have broken off). Length: 4.28 inches; ASMASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Objects of clay and stone (perhaps jewelry), found largely in Hohokam burials. In the Southwest the Hohokam are considered the masters of such creations, an art characterized by its style and expressive quality. - Sandstone object in the shape of a horned toad; 8 inches diameter, ASM.ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Objects of clay and stone (perhaps jewelry), found largely in Hohokam burials. In the Southwest the Hohokam are considered the masters of such creations, an art characterized by its style and expressive quality. - Sandstone bowl with seven frogs (water symbol); 3.76 inches diameter, ASM.ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Anasazi pottery - Bowl, black on gray, with geometric designs (triangles with dots and crossed and zig-zag lines) on the inner surface; mortuary offering. Diameter: 7.24 inches. Wupatki National Monument (Arizona), Sinagua Culture, MNAMNA = Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (Arizona)
A selection of clay figurines made by the Hohokam, found largely in graves. The faces are quite detailed, eyes and mouths are incised, eyelids clearly delineated. As portraits and as death masks they illustrate the transition from reality to eternity. The median length of the faces is 1.2 inches; the tallest figurine measures 3.36 inches. ASM.ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Hohokam pottery with geometric and naturalistic designs. - Lid of a grave jar. Red on ochre, with rhomboids with dots in the centers. Diameter: 6 inches. HMP - -Miniature pot, red on ochre, with N-shaped design. Height 3.6 inches. HMPHMP = Heard Museum, Phoenix (Arizona)
Hohokam pottery with geometric and naturalistic designs. - Deep bowl, red on ochre, painted with spirals. Height: 2.4 inches. HMP.HMP = Heard Museum, Phoenix (Arizona)
Hohokam pottery with geometric and naturalistic designs. - Three-legged pot, red on ochre, painted with a coiled snake motif, one of which is being attacked by two birds. Diameter: 4.72 inches. ASM.ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Hohokam pottery with geometric and naturalistic designs. - Deep bowl, with concentric circles and parallel lines, later repainted. Height: 2.8 inches. HMP. Pitcher found in a child's grave. Diameter: 5.2 inches. HMPHMP = Heard Museum, Phoenix (Arizona)
Three bowls found in Hopi graves that represent a link between prehistoric and historic times with their continuity in form and decorative motifs; UCM. - Bowl, brown on ochre, with schematized animal. (PUE-179B/C)UCM = University of Colorado Museum, Boulder (Colorado)
Three bowls found in Hopi graves that represent a link between prehistoric and historic times with their continuity in form and decorative motifs; UCM. - Polychrome bowl with the magic hand symbol. Diameter: 10.56 inches. (PUE-179A/C)UCM = University of Colorado Museum, Boulder (Colorado)
Objects of clay and stone (perhaps jewelry), found largely in Hohokam burials. In the Southwest the Hohokam are considered the masters of such creations, an art characterized by its style and expressive quality. - Bowl carved of rhyolite with a "bas" relief of women with joined hands; 3 inches diameter, ASMASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
