Figure 1  Skull, Loudoun County, Virginia, probably ca. 1830–1860. Low-fired earthenware. H. 3/4". (All images, Christopher C. Fennell.) Figure 2  Rear view of the clay skull illustrated in figure 1. This view shows the inscriptions on the sculpted surface. Figure 3  Diagram of the inscription on the back of the skull illustrated in fig. 2. Figure 4  X-radiograph of the skull, revealing the iron wire used as base for holding the clay. Figure 5  House site in Loudoun Valley, Virginia, where the clay skull was found.