A GROUP OF TWO NATIVE AMERICAN PRE-COLUMBIAN BLACK SLIP PAINTED BROWNWARE AND RED/ORANGEWARE OLLAS, with everted rims, the largest brownware example likely dating from the Honanki-Tuzigoot period AD 1150-1400, and probably originating with the Southern Sinagua people of Arizona, height: 4 1/2", width: 5 1/2"; the smaller redware example likely dating from the Pueblos I-III periods AD 750-1300, and probably originating with the Anasazi people inhabiting Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, smallest: height: 4", diameter: 5" NOTE: See "Verde Brown Olla" in the collection of Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center.

Losses to the black slip paint, some small chips to the exteriors, wear to the glossy finish, and some noted surface scratches, otherwise in very good condition. One containing teeth.

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