Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Tonto Basin, Salado culture, ca. 1340 to 1450 CE. A pleasing pottery jar hand-painted with attractive abstract designs in hues of black and beige on a red ground in the style known as Tonto Polychrome, Roosevelt Redware, or Salado Polychrome. Sitting upon a round yet stable base, the voluminous vessel presents a broad hip and sloped shoulder that tapers to a raised, annular rim. Elaborate geometric patterns, zigzagging stripes, eye-like diamonds, and stepped motifs create an eye-catching presentation suggesting flowing water or perhaps an allusion to the plumed serpent. Size: 16.5" Diameter x 11.1" H (41.9 cm x 28.2 cm)

Tonto Polychrome is a pottery type within the larger category referred to as Roosevelt Red Ware (or, more informally, "Salado Polychromes"). These pottery types first appeared in the mountains of central Arizona during the late 1200s, associated with clues suggesting that they were developed by immigrants from the Kayenta region of far northeastern Arizona. By the mid- to late 1300s, Tonto Polychrome and other Roosevelt Red Ware types were being produced in nearly every ancient community in the southern US Southwest, replacing local painted pottery traditions such as the red-on-buff and red-on-brown types associated with Hohokam groups. The available evidence suggests that the manufacture of Roosevelt Red Ware remained closely tied to northern immigrants and their descendants, who formed a diasporic community of dispersed but linked enclaves throughout central and southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora and Chihuahua.

Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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Professionally repaired and restored with repainting in areas; all expertly done and difficult to notice. Light surface wear with a few nicks and abrasions as shown, but otherwise, excellent presentation with great pigments and nice preservation of decorative program.