Weber State Virtual History Museum

Fremont Figurine

Title Native American Artifacts
Description Native American artifacts from northern Utah and adjacent regions reflecting various cultural traditions dating between ca. 11,500 BC and 1900 AD. These images are examples of basic artifact categories that are typical of western North American foraging and horticultural societies, such as chipped stone, ground stone, ceramic, bone skin, and textile industries.
Subject Indians of North America--Utah--Antiquities; Antiquities, Prehistoric--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Digital 2014
Temporal Coverage 11500 BC - 1900 AD
Medium Photogrphay
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Weber State University.
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6smc03z
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98410
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6smc03z

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Title Fremont Figurine
Image Captions Baked clay Fremont Tradition human figurine from Weber Canyon, northern Utah. Many Fremont farming villages contain human figurines; some are elaborate such as this specimen, whereas others are rather plain. The more elaborate examples exhibit necklaces, sashes, and ear bobs; some even depict breasts. Because there are no historical analogs to these fascinating human figurines among Native peoples of the eastern Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, we do not know the exact roles that they played in the Fremont world. Perhaps they were used in ceremonial activities such as world renewal/fertility rites.
Description Native American artifacts from northern Utah and adjacent regions reflecting various cultural traditions dating between ca. 11,500 BC and 1900 AD. These images are examples of basic artifact categories that are typical of western North American foraging and horticultural societies, such as chipped stone, ground stone, ceramic, bone skin, and textile industries.
Subject Indians of North America--Utah--Antiquities
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 900-1150 AD
Date Digital 2014
Spatial Coverage Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5549030, 39.25024, -111.75103
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Weber State University.
Source Private Collection
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98448
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6smc03z/98448