Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Chaco Canyon, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 975 to 1150 CE. A tall pottery pitcher constructed via the traditional coil-and-scrape technique with a round but stable base, a piriform body, a thick neck, and a thick handle adorned with an applied snake. The white-ground exterior features a band of vertical lines and panels of vertical serrations along the neck as well as a meandering, line-filled band on the main body, all presented in applied black pigment. A pair of drilled holes on the front of the vessel are perhaps part of an old repair job. Pottery played an important role in Anasazi culture and included both utilitarian and decorative pieces that could be traded with neighboring communities for food or other goods. Anasazi pottery was made by hand coiling clay, then smoothing the surface and painting with designs before firing. Size: 6.6" Diameter x 8.875" H (16.8 cm x 22.5 cm)

Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection

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#171439

Repaired with restoration and overpainting. Two drilled holes on front of body perhaps part of an old repair job. Abrasions, pitting, and fading to original pigment commensurate with age. Nice preservation to most decorative motifs as well as snake on handle.