From the press release:
Audubon Day: A Celebration of Birds
This duck-shaped vessel is similar to other duck-shaped pots Native Americans made during the PreContact period and represents the importance of water in the dry Southwest. This vessel is from the Rio Puerco area of eastern Arizona and dates 980 to 1150 A.D.
Credit: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM, photo by Amy Montoya.
Note: Representative image at left is often cropped for display purposes. Downloaded high-resolution images are not cropped.
