Native American, Southwestern United States, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1150 to 1300 CE. This is a beautiful hand-built pottery ladle presenting a deep ovoid bowl and thick handle. The surface throughout is slipped in white, and the inside of the bowl is decorated with a series of black linear motifs that consist of graduated lines with curled tips on the longest. The projecting handle is made from a thick, curved piece folded into a loop with a thin slit down the center that creates a hole for suspension. Size: 6" L x 3.125" W x 1.75" H (15.2 cm x 7.9 cm x 4.4 cm)

Provenance: private Eagle, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1990s

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#168249

Age expected surface wear and small chips along rim. Stable fissure on handle. Chipping and some fading to pigments. Otherwise intact and very good!