Oval pendant, from Santa Cruz Red-on-buff Jar Sherd

Medium sized oval pendant with smoothly ground edges, manufactured from a Santa Cruz Red-on-buff jar sherd. Bull's-eye design with ten hooks radiating outwards. Perforation for suspension is located near the edge at one narrow end. This sherd pendant was recovered from a pit located midway between two habitation areas at Pueblo Grande. Pueblo Grande was a large village site located at the headgates of a major canal system occupied as early as AD 500, reaching its greatest size during the Classic Period. Museum Accession: 1996.17