Description:

Native American, southwestern United States, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 1075 to 1250 CE. A lovely terracotta fleshing tool used to remove skin and hide from animals. The tool has a wide handle, gradually expanding peripheries, and slightly angled blade faces with a smooth edge, all presented with an incredibly smooth surface texture. Fleshers like this example were utilized to gently remove the hide from large animals so as to keep the whole skin intact and not to tear or puncture the material. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 5.875" L x 2.55" W (14.9 cm x 6.5 cm).

Provenance: ex-Bill Mitchell collection, Cortez, Colorado, USA, acquired from 1958 to 1962; loaned to the Mesa Verde Museum from 1962 to 1970; sold to Joan Shaw in 1971

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#147769

  • Condition: Minor nicks to peripheries and both faces, with light staining, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old museum number written in black ink on verso.

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