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  2. Nampa figurine - Wikipedia

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    Pocatello Native American The Nampa figurine (also known as the Nampa Image or the Nampa Doll ) is a 1.5-inch (38 mm) fired clay doll found near Nampa, Idaho , in 1889. The figurine has been dyed red, possibly due to iron oxide deposition, and depicts a female figure with jewelry and clothing.

  3. Mississippian stone statuary - Wikipedia

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    The figure is shown kneeling on an oval base and has its hair pulled back behind its ears. The figurine is thematically very close to the Birger and Keller figurines found in the American Bottom. [2] This pipe is on display at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

  4. Storyteller (pottery) - Wikipedia

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    A late 20th-century storyteller figurine from New Mexico on display in the Horniman Museum, London. A Storyteller Doll is a clay figurine made by the Pueblo people of New Mexico. The first contemporary storyteller was made by Helen Cordero of the Cochiti Pueblo in 1964 in honor of her grandfather, Santiago Quintana, who was a tribal storyteller ...

  5. Hopi Kachina figure - Wikipedia

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    Katsina tihu (Kokopol), probably late 19th century, Brooklyn Museum Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as ...

  6. Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Glazes are seldom used by indigenous American ceramic artists. Grease can be rubbed onto the pot as well. [2] Prior to contact, pottery was usually open-air fired or pit fired; precontact Indigenous peoples of Mexico used kilns extensively. Today many Native American ceramic artists use kilns. In pit-firing, the pot is placed in a shallow pit ...

  7. Kachina - Wikipedia

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    Beginning around 1900, there was a great deal of interest in the Kachina figurines, especially among tourists, and the dolls became sought-after collectibles. For this reason, many Hopi began making the figurines commercially to make a living. [5] Kachina dolls in the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

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