Southwestern USA, east central Arizona, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1275 to 1325 CE. A lovely example of a black-on-red pottery strainer with rounded shoulders and a dramatically incurved rim, upon a gently curved but stable base that has numerous perforations for straining. The exterior is finely painted with elegant animal claw and lightning motifs upon a a rich, earthy red ground. A very unusual form, replete with impressive artistry and technique. Size: 6.75" in diameter x 4.25" H (17.1 cm x 10.8 cm)
According to the Office of Archaeological Studies Pottery Typology Project, "Pinedale Black-on-red and Pinedale Polychrome were defined by Haury and Hargrave (1931). These types reflect technological and stylistic changes reflected by many of the White Mountain Red Ware forms produced during late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. The Pinedale Black-on-red and Polychrome types most commonly occur at sites in areas just below the Mogollon Rim in Arizona." (http://ceramics.nmarchaeology.org/typology/type?p=133)
The Mogollon people created pottery from iron-rich volcanic clays using the coil-and-scrape technique. The type is known primarily from the Pinedale Ruin, a settlement of approximately 200 rooms located near modern-day Show Low, Arizona, that was sadly lost to bulldozers in the 1970s. The people who lived at Pinedale would have been at the edges of the cultural sphere governed by Chaco Canyon, and by the time they created this bowl, lived a sedentary agricultural lifestyle.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private Niwot, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA before 2000
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Condition
Normal surface wear with slight scuffs here and there. Nice mineral deposits on one side in particular. Wonderful burnishing marks. Old collection number handwritten in black and another handwritten in white on underside.