South Western Gallery

Salado culture prehistoric metate y mano for grinding corn, Arizona

Maize grinding stones at Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park, a multi-storied Salado village inhabited circa 1225-1400 AD, Arizona.
Digital photograph

© Nancy Carter/North Wind Picture Archives

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Spanish colonial home in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Adobe building in the old Spanish section of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

© North Wind Picture Archives

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Serpent spirit of San Ildefonso Pueblo

San Ildefonso Pueblo horned serpent of the underworld, Avan Yu, New Mexico.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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