Native American, Southwestern United States, possibly Mesa Verde region, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A pottery ladle of utilitarian form constructed via the coil-and-scrape technique to have a lengthy handle and a deep scoop basin. Painted along the basin walls are black triangular forms filled with lines, perhaps representing a solar motif. Size: 8.1" L x 4.2" W x 2.25" H (20.6 cm x 10.7 cm x 5.7 cm)

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Provenance: private Dublin, California, USA collection

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#180764

Repair to handle and area of rim, with light restoration around break lines. Abrasions and fading to pigment commensurate with age, with light earthen deposits. Nice preservation to black decorations within scoop.