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Native American, Southwestern United States, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A hand-built pottery mug of spherical form with a round but stable base, an everted rim, and a thick handle along the verso. The beige-ground, likely once white, is decorated with black-painted linear motifs that form stepped blocks which curve around to create abstract forms. Several drilled holes around the body exemplify how the ancients repaired their vessels by tying knots in string fed through the holes. Size: 4.6" L x 4.2" W x 3.6" H (11.7 cm x 10.7 cm x 9.1 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

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

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Professional repair and restoration to areas save for ancient repair, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines.