Native American, Southwestern United States, Mesa Verde region, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A hand-built white-ground pottery ladle of sizable form. The handle and scoop are decorated with elaborate black-painted linear motifs that curve into spiraling steps. Projecting from the top of the scoop is a wide suspension loop for when the scoop was unused. Size: 13.25" L x 5.5" W x 2.875" H (33.7 cm x 14 cm x 7.3 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 restoration to most of handle and areas of scoop, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to original pigment.