North America, Southwest, Central eastern Arizona, Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan, Greater Mogollon, Greater Salado, Upper Gila (Highland Salado), ca. 1250 to 1350 CE. A sizable pottery bowl formed via the Puebloan coil-and-scrape technique with a russet-hued exterior and a bichrome basin motif. Within the basin is a central ring surrounded by elaborate stepped motifs illustrated with black pigment on a white-painted ground. Size: 8.87" Diameter x 4.2" H (22.5 cm x 10.7 cm)

There are three recognized styles of Salado polychrome pottery: Pinta, Gila, and Tonto. Gila vessels like this example were often decorated with complex designs, at times featuring stylized snakes, lizards, parrots, stars, the sun, and eyes. Many of these images also appear in petroglyphs. The Salado (Spanish for "salty") peoples migrated to the Salt River in Southeastern Arizona. They resided in the center of three major cultures of the Southwest of the time period: Ancestral Puebloan to the North, Mogollon to the East and South, and the Hohokam to the West and Southwest.

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

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#185146

Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to pigment, with minor pitting and earthen deposits, otherwise in nice condition. Nice manganese deposits across exterior.