Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Raven Site Ruin, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Greater Salado, Upper Gila, Roosevelt Red (Salado Polychrome) Ware, Pinto Polychrome, ca. 1250 to 1350 CE. A fine pottery bowl of the Pinto Polychrome type with elaborate black on white decoration adorning the interior and a red-slipped exterior. Presenting a hemispherical form, the vessel is decorated with opposed solid and hatched designs organized in broad, rectilinear motifs that envelop the interior walls, save for a petite square at the center of the basin. Though appearing abstract to the modern viewer, these mesmerizing patterns once held great meaning to the Ancestral Puebloans and conveyed messages regarding families, alliances, and weather. A wonderful, published example of Pinto Polychrome pottery! Size: 9.3" Diameter x 4.6" H (23.6 cm x 11.7 cm)

This piece was excavated by archeologist James R. Cunkle at Raven Site Ruin, Arizona and published in his book "Treasures of Time: a Fully Illustrated guide to Prehistoric Ceramics of the Southwest" (Phoenix, AZ: Golden West Publishers, 1994) in photo 28d on page 106.

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection

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Professionally repaired and restored with overpainting in areas and expected light surface wear commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent presentation with nice preservation of painted decoration. Old collection numbers on base.