Split twig animal figurine, The Anasazi Heritage
Replica of a split twig animal figurine made from a single split and bent willow branch, 2900-1250 BC, at the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The figurines are from 30 sites in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California. Some were recovered in the debris of daily living and others were ritually cached in pits or beneath rock cairns, often with bits of animals dung, or pierced by tiny spears, apparently as hunting magic. They may represent totems, animal relatives of the people who made them. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13434521
Media ID
45116191
Size
4277px x 4494px
(11.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
