Native American, Southwestern United States, central Arizona to the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, Salado culture, ca. 1275 to 1450 CE. A fine set of 3 hand-built pottery bowls of varying sizes that perhaps served a utilitarian purpose. Each bowl exhibits a round-bottomed form with gradually swelling walls, thin, lightly flared rims, and a layer of black pigment across the burnished basin surfaces. The form of each vessel is shaped via a modified coil-and-scrape technique where each coil of pottery was carefully indented with the potter's finger at uniform intervals to create the signature corrugated patterning. Russet red pigment adorning the exterior surfaces of each bowl nice contrasts with the black pigment within each basin. Size of largest: 10.5" W x 5.3" H (26.7 cm x 13.5 cm)
Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000
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Condition
Largest bowl has repairs from multiple pieces to large area of wall on one side, with small losses and adhesive residue along break lines. Medium-sized vessel has repairs and restoration to one side of wall, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Smallest bowl has chips to rim, otherwise intact and very good. Light fading to black and red pigment. Nice earthen deposits throughout and great preservation to corrugated pattern across exterior surfaces of each vessel.