Native American, southwest New Mexico, villages in southern Cibola Anasazi / northern Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture, ca. 1075 to 1250 CE. A beautiful hand-built pottery pitcher displaying wondrous black-on-white decorations, the body of a bulbous form resolving in a cylindrical neck with a strap handle bridging the rim to the upper shoulder. The surface is decorated with a mesmerizing program of abstract geometric motifs, the neck and handle with thick linear details, and several sets of spirals, triangles, and dense linear frets adorn the body. The interior is unpainted, and the underside is white. A fabulous example created by the Mogollon Indians of the early Anasazi who occupied the Tularosa region. Size: 6.2" W x 6" H (15.7 cm x 15.2 cm).

Tularosa pottery from the Starkweather Ruin has been divided into three styles - Wingate, Snowflake and Tularosa - reflecting similarities in decoration with their source types. Classic Tularosa Style designs are based on spirals, a diagnostic feature of the type. However, the spiral-stairstep motif that we see in this example is considered to be the most advanced development.

Many groups of indigenous peoples occupied the Tularosa region before the Apache drove them out in the 1800s. While some settled elsewhere; some groups completely disbanded. The Tularosa Basin in New Mexico was a rich source of Paleo Native American sites. Very little was known about the life of the Tularosa Basin from 1540 to 1870; however, scholars have determined that the Anasazi and Mogollon peoples resided in the Tularosa Basin. The Anasazi culture existed from approximately 200 to 1300 CE, and their movement from the Tularosa Basin to the pueblos of the southwest has been identified. Tularosa is a village in Otero, New Mexico that shares its name with the Tularosa Basin where the town is located.

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection; ex-Robert G. Whiteside collection, purchased from R.G. Munn Auctions in 2002

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Small areas of restoration to rim and handle with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor nicks to rim, handle, body, and base, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original pigmentation throughout. Old inventory label written in black ink on base.