Ancestral Pueblo, Arizona
Circa 900–1150 CE, Pueblo II Period
Stone, shell, and mixed materials
Ear spools height 1 in (2.5 cm); coyote length 2¼ in (5.7 cm); wrapped bear length 2½ in (6.4 cm); parrot length 2¼ in (5.7 cm); frog length 2⅝ in (6.7 cm); arrowhead height 3 in (7.6 cm)
Provenance: Collected in the 1920s; Jeanette Wilcox Grubbs, wife of Joseph Grubbs, owner of White Mountain Trading Post, Bloomfield, MI; James Compton, Santa Fe, NM. Not recovered from Federal or State land. Sold as a group.
The Pueblo II period, dating from 900 to 1150 CE, represents one of the most significant phases of Ancestral Puebloan culture, marked by the flourishing of Chaco Canyon and the expansion of ceremonial and trade networks across the Four Corners region. Early Pueblo fetishes, known as Ahlashiwe or stone ancients, were created as tools for hunting and healing and were revered as powerful objects. This group of six, ear spools, coyote, wrapped bear, parrot, frog, and arrowhead, and represents the range of forms used in Ancestral Pueblo ceremonial and daily life during this period.
Turquoise, jet, and spiny oyster shell were traditionally used by the Ancestral Pueblo for objects of ritual significance, and sophisticated working of these materials is well documented in the archaeological record. The animal subjects in this group carry specific meaning within Pueblo cosmology: the bear as healer and protector, the coyote as trickster and hunter, the frog as symbol of water and rain, and the parrot as an emblem of the sun, obtained through long-distance trade with Mesoamerica. The group was collected in the 1920s and passed through the White Mountain Trading Post before entering the Santa Fe market, giving it a documented provenance of over a century.
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Ancestral Pueblo, Arizona
Circa 900–1150 CE, Pueblo II Period
Stone, shell, and mixed materials
Ear spools height 1 in (2.5 cm); coyote length 2¼ in (5.7 cm); wrapped bear length 2½ in (6.4 cm); parrot length 2¼ in (5.7 cm); frog length 2⅝ in (6.7 cm); arrowhead height 3 in (7.6 cm)
Provenance: Collected in the 1920s; Jeanette Wilcox Grubbs, wife of Joseph Grubbs, owner of White Mountain Trading Post, Bloomfield, MI; James Compton, Santa Fe, NM. Not recovered from Federal or State land. Sold as a group.
The Pueblo II period, dating from 900 to 1150 CE, represents one of the most significant phases of Ancestral Puebloan culture, marked by the flourishing of Chaco Canyon and the expansion of ceremonial and trade networks across the Four Corners region. Early Pueblo fetishes, known as Ahlashiwe or stone ancients, were created as tools for hunting and healing and were revered as powerful objects. This group of six, ear spools, coyote, wrapped bear, parrot, frog, and arrowhead, and represents the range of forms used in Ancestral Pueblo ceremonial and daily life during this period.
Turquoise, jet, and spiny oyster shell were traditionally used by the Ancestral Pueblo for objects of ritual significance, and sophisticated working of these materials is well documented in the archaeological record. The animal subjects in this group carry specific meaning within Pueblo cosmology: the bear as healer and protector, the coyote as trickster and hunter, the frog as symbol of water and rain, and the parrot as an emblem of the sun, obtained through long-distance trade with Mesoamerica. The group was collected in the 1920s and passed through the White Mountain Trading Post before entering the Santa Fe market, giving it a documented provenance of over a century.
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