BEFORE CONSERVATION AFTER CONSERVATION This pottery vessel embodies an irregular ring shape that makes it quite identifiable. Otherwise known as the “doughnut-shaped” vessel, the ring vessel first appeared in the American Southwest region around 500 CE. The specific, vertical style of this ring vessel--that it stands upright, with the spout facing up--did not come … [Read more...] about Hisatsinom Ring-shaped Vessel: Researched and Conserved by Alexandra Thrower
BEFORE CONSERVATION AFTER CONSERVATION Navajo and Hopi Kachina (plural Kachinam) dancer figures are wooden sculptures that represent men dressed as Kachinam for traditional dances. Kachinam are spirits that represent objects, plants, or animals of the Pueblo and Navajo (Diné) spiritual world. All objects are represented by the Kachinam … [Read more...] about Hopi and Navajo Kachina Dancer Figures: Researched and Conserved by Chaney Jewell