Native American, Southwest, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, ca. 950 to 1300 CE. An attractive pottery bowl displaying a hemispherical form created via the coil and scrape technique. Adorned in black-on-white decoration, the deep interior basin features a linear pattern centered around a hachured warp and woof motif that extends outward to form quadrants of spiraling lozenge designs, hachured triangles, layered stripes, and bands with crosses. A beautiful Mimbres bowl boasting geometric decoration that may have been inspired by textiles and the natural environment of America's Southwest. Size: 10.3" Diameter x 4.8" H (26.2 cm x 12.2 cm)
The Mimbres people occupied the mountain and river valleys of southwestern New Mexico; the name we know them by comes from the Spanish word for the willows that grew alongside the river valleys. The artists responsible for creating pottery vessels like this were women, and many Mimbres women have been found in burials accompanied by pottery making tools.
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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Condition
Professionally repaired with light restoration and repainting over break lines. Light surface wear commensurate with age as shown, but otherwise, nice presentation with clear imagery.