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Pilling Figurines

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Pilling Figurines in the CEU Prehistoric Museum.
Pilling Figurines in the CEU Prehistoric Museum.

The Pilling Figurines are a set of eleven clay figurines made by the Fremont culture. They were discovered in 1950 by Clarence Pilling under a rock overhang in a side canyon of Range Creek, Utah.[1] Ten of the figurines are currently on display at the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah. It is estimated that they were made 800 to 900 years ago.

The Pilling Figurines are 4 to 6 inches in height. They are constructed of unbaked clay and show evidence of red, buff, and black paint. Each is distinctive and appears to have been made in matching male and female pairs leaving an unmatched female figurine.

References

  1. ^ Powell, Allan Kent (2003). The Utah Guide, p. 328. Fulcrum Publishing.