Description: PL CXXXIII HOPI INDIAN POTTERY BOWLS & DIPPERS FROM SIKYATKI ARIZONA 1897130 year old original print from Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-96, Washington Government Printing Office 1897 Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 By J. Walter Fewkes.Each Print is stamp embossed with " Western Reserve Cleveland Historical Society" see photos.Size of sheet: 11.5” X 7.5”."EXCAVATED ROOM IN THE WESTERN MOUND OF AWATOBIAbout an eighth of a mile west of the great mounds of Awatobi there is a small rectangular ruin, the ground plan of which is well marked, and in which individual houses are easy to trace. Like its larger neighbor, it stands on the very edge of the mesa. None of its walls rise above the surface of the mounds, which, however, are considerably elevated and readily distinguished for some distance. The pueblo was built in the form of a rectangle of single-story houses surrounding a plaza. There was an opening or entrance on the southern side, near which is a mound, possibly the remains of a kiva. A trail now passes directly through the ruin and down the mesa side to Jeditoh valley, probably the pathway by which the ancient inhabitants ascended the cliff. The Hopi Indians employed by me in excavating Awatobi had no name for this ruin and were not familiar with its existence before I pointed it out to them. For want of a better interpretation I have regarded it as a colony of old Awatobi, possibly of later construction.Excavations in its mounds revealed no objects of interest, although fragments of beautiful pottery, related to that found at Awatobi and Sikyatki, show that it must have been made by people of the older or best epoch of Tusayan ceramics.MORTUARY REMAINSAlthough it is well known that the ancient inhabitants of the great houses of the Gila-Salado drainage buried some of their dead within their dwellings, or in other rooms, and that the same mortuary practice was observed in ancient Zuñi-Cibola, up to the time of my excavations this form of burial had never been found in Tusayan. I am now able to record that the same custom was practiced at Awatobi.Excavation made in the southeastern declivity of the western mounds led to a burial chamber in which we found the well-preserved skeleton of an old man, apparently a priest. The body was laid on the floor, at full length, and at his head, which pointed southward, had been placed, not mortuary offerings of food in bowls, but insignia of his priestly office. Eight small objects of pottery were found on his left side (plate cxii, a, b, d, e). Among these was a symmetrical vase of beautiful red ware (plate cxi,."Condition: Very clean sheet. See photos.Payment Terms: I accept credit card via PayPal.Shipping Terms: High bidder pays winning bid plus USPS MAIL. Insurance extra email for quote after auction ends.To save you money on your shipping costs I am happy to combine shipping on multiple items, please do not pay until you receive a combined invoice. I will send you one invoice with combined shipping rates.Refunds, Returns: If you are not satisfied upon receipt, you may return it to me for a full refund of the bid and shipping. (Buyer to pay for returning shipping to me.)
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Subject: Birds
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Year of Production: 1897
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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