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THIS IS A VERY RARE very OLD COLLECTIBLE-I have never even seen one in a museum oranywhere..??
CORN MEASURES: 3 1/2\"L X 1/2\"WHOLDER: 4 1/2\"L X 3\"WTIE: 3\"L X 1\"W
I\'vetried to figure out why the Anasazi would make such a piece...perhaps it was a corndryer?? setting fresh cobs on this and perhaps it wicked moisture from the kernals fasterso they could grind them into cornmeal and store?? No one seems to know, it\'s a mystery!
My late husband worked from the 1970\'s on the Hopi/Navajo Reservation and collected manybeautiful pieces of history. He made many friends along his life journey & was given many gifts ofappreciation. He loved the people and even learned to speak their language and was shownhow to do beautiful beadwork.
The CLIFF DWELLERS (1200 AD) primary food source was beans, corn & squash which theygrew on the mesa tops. The corn (maize) was not as we know it today...it was much smaller andwas actually a type of weedy plant. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OFTHE DRIED KERNALS in the cobs
I believe it was perhaps used in the BASKETMAKER PERIOD..it was a Corn Based Ariculture time
THIS IS WELL PRESERVED ARTIFACT due to the Hot SW conditions, things did notdecay easily...
THIS HAS BEEN A COFFEE TABLE CONVERSATION PIECE IN OUR HOME FOR A LONGTIME....whoever buys it I hope you enjoy and treasure it as much as we have
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