Shells with etched and painted animals and geometric designs. This etching technique, using cactus juice to eat away the surface, was employed in the Southwest 500 years before the technique was discovered by Europeans. - Shell pendant in the shape of a frog. Length: 1.64 inches. Hohokam Culture, ASM
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)
Shells with etched and painted animals and geometric designs. This etching technique, using cactus juice to eat away the surface, was employed in the Southwest 500 years before the technique was discovered by Europeans. - Shell pendant in the shape of a frog. Length: 1.64 inches. Hohokam Culture, ASM
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)