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Native American, Southwest, Four Corners area, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A special example of Anasazi black-on-white pottery, this bowl features a wide register of black step motifs with black dots adorning the white ground between these step motifs. Below this are two faint horizontal black bands, and a single band adorns the rim. A wonderful example with an accompanying exhibition card (see below) that shares more about its history. Size: 7.25" in diameter x 3.25" H (18.4 cm x 8.3 cm)

An old exhibition card reads: "Indian pottery of the developmental Pueblo and Great Pueblo periods, dating from 700-1300 AD. These are a few of the pieces dug by Mr. Bill Mitchell, Lakin, Kansas, in 1956-1962, in the Four Corners area of Utah, Colorado & New Mexico. Exhibited by the Don Shaw Family, Lakin, Kansas." Note the dates on this note refer to a group of pieces found together of which this was one. We believe the dating of this piece to be ca. 1100 to 1300 CE.

Provenance: ex-Joan Shaw collection, bought in 1971; loaned to the Mesa Verde Museum, 1962-1970; ex-Bill Mitchell collection, Cortez, Colorado, USA, from 1958-1962

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#147970

Repaired from two large pieces with some visible adhesive along the breakline. Chip to rim as shown. Expected surface wear with some loss to pigmentation, but the design motifs are still discernible. Scattered mineral deposits. Old inventory number handwritten on underside.