Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1000 to 1100 CE. A fine Black Mesa black-on-white ladle or dipper with a thick columnar handle that consists of 2 pronged upper pieces and a third column fused on the underside. The deep bowl is slipped in a creamy white then painted with 3 bands of black pigments in a bold curvilinear pattern with angular edges. As a ladle, this could hold a large quantity of water and this vessel may have also been used to heat food over a fire. Size: 10" L x 6" Diameter x 3.25" H (25.4 cm x 15.2 cm x 8.3 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in 2010; ex-Brady collection, found near St. Johns, Arizona, USA

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#169095

Professionally repaired and restored. Losses and abrasion to handle tip. Bowl is repaired from approximately 10 pieces, with infill and along break lines and gaps. Break lines are visible on interior and exterior, with some overpainting to interior motif.