Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Caddo / Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A fabulous pottery jar with a round yet stable base, a bulbous body, a slender tubular neck, and a slightly flared circular rim- the surface adorned with sun or star cosmological motifs! Boasting a red-brown and smoky black surface from firing, the ancient vessel has been skillfully incised along its exterior body with triangular cross hatching around the base and neck and 4 repeating concentric circles around a five-pointed star or sunburst shape across the shoulder. A wonderful example of well-preserved pottery from the fascinating culture of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex people! Size: 4.5" Diameter x 5.25" H (11.4 cm x 13.3 cm)

Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection

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Minor chips to rim and stable fissure radiating from body and rim, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice firing clouds on surface and remains of plant roots inside and earthen deposits. Old inventory numbers on base surface.