Archeology of the lower Mimbres Valley, New Mexico / by J. Walter Fewkes.

  • Jesse Walter Fewkes
Date:
1914
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Credit: Archeology of the lower Mimbres Valley, New Mexico / by J. Walter Fewkes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    unknown among Indians. The only theory the author has formed regarding this geometrical figure is that it is a variant of the Sikyatki habit of accompanying a figure of an animal with a repre- sentation of his shrine. This bowl is of black and white ware and is eleven inches in diameter by five and one-half inches deep. Antelope.—There are two ^ figures of an animal with branching horns/ supposed to be an antelope, an animal formerly common in Mimbres Valley. In one of these (fig. 19) the head is held downward as if the animal were feeding; in the other (fig. 20) the neck is Fig. 20.—Antelope. Osborn Ruin. Diam. 10. extended. A pair of markings on the neck are identical with those on pictures of the antelope still painted on modern pottery made by the Zufii. A band, resembling a checkerboard, is drawn across the body of one; on the other are parallel lines. Another figure referred to as an antelope appears to represent a young fawn, since, while it has all the characteristics of this animal, ^ In addition to the figure with the hunters which is probably a deer, as it has not the antelope marks on the neck. ^ These horns are represented on a plane at right angles to that in which they naturally lie.
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