Native American, North America, northern Arizona, north of Flagstaff, Anasazi / ancient Hopi, possibly Jeddito, ca. 1275 to 1400 CE. A hand-built ceramic ladle of wide form with a deep scoop and a concave handle. The orange-hued cooking utensil features elaborate, black-painted decorations within the scoop that include mirrored sets of steps surrounding a central ring. Jeddito black-on-yellow pottery was among a long line of Hopi yellow wares made from clay that ranges in color from yellow to orange. Hopi oral history indicates that, when groups of people were leaving a village, they would purposely break all of their pottery they could not take with them, thus leaving evidence of those who once inhabited the lands. Size: 6.875" L x 3.4" W x 1.9" H (17.5 cm x 8.6 cm x 4.8 cm)

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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 of both scoop and handle, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines.