North America, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), Greater Mogollon, Greater Salado, Upper Gila (Highland Salado), ca. 1300 to 1450 CE. An impressive hand coiled pottery bowl of a hemispherical form with a black-on-white pattern on the interior basin. The exterior is a warm red-umber hue, the slip is well smoothed but unpolished. Although appearing abstract to the modern viewer, these mesmerizing patterns once held great meaning to the Ancestral Puebloans and conveyed messages regarding families, alliances, mythology, and weather. Size: 9.5" Diameter x 5.25" H (24.1 cm x 13.3 cm)

There are three recognized styles of Salado polychrome pottery: Pinta, Gila, and Tonto. Gila vessels like this example were often decorated with complex designs, at times featuring complex rectilinear and curvilinear motifs and sometimes stylized snakes, lizards, birds, and celestial objects. Many of these images also appear in petroglyphs. The Salado (Spanish for "salty") peoples migrated to the Salt River in Southeastern Arizona. They resided in the center of three major cultures of the Southwest of the time period: Ancestral Puebloan to the North, Mogollon to the East and South, and the Hohokam to the West and Southwest.

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Provenance: Private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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#185027

Professionally repaired and restored from many large pieces with infill and overpainting along breaks. Nearly indiscernible and well done. Approximately 80% or more original material.