Pottery
(Found on private land before June 17, 1989. This property sold without violation of any state or federal law. )
Red-on-Buff Jar
Hohokam; Colonial Period, Santa Cruz Phase; small jar; 850-950 A.D.
Buff paste, red paint, quartz and mica temper; thin lines with little solid elements and tight packing.potterysouthwestern potteryhohokamjarColonial PeriodSanta Cruz Phase
Bidahochi Black-on-White Ladle
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Tusayan Whiteware; medium size ladle; 1250-1300 A.D.
Kayenta series. Gray paste, no slip, vegetal paint. Ladle with a rounded bowl and a modified “cradelboard” handle, the bowl is decorated with hatched and solid fringed spirals and the handle has a series of frets that terminate in dot-in-square motifs. All the edges of the ladle form are ticked. One of the last types in the Tusayan Whiteware series, Bidahochi departs from the former types with the use of mineral black paint.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloTusayan Whitewareladle
Ramos Polychrome Double Macaw Effigy Bowl
Casas Grandes; Medio Period; medium size effigy; 1280-1450 A.D.
Polished un-slipped tan paste, red and black designs, outlined in thin black lines. Elliptical bowl with rounded shoulder, restricted neck and outcurved rim. Macaw parrot heads with beaks and tongues are modeled on opposite sides of the bowl and painted black and red on buff.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryCasas GrandesMedio PeriodEffigy
Sacaton Red-on-Buff Cloud Blower
Hohokam; Sedentary Period, Sacaton Phase; medium size blower; 950-1150 A.D.
Buff clay, coarse red designs. Red-on-buff hollow tube, possibly pipe (cloud blower), decorated with a series of bands featuring negative linear motifs.potterysouthwestern potteryHohokamSedentary PeriodSacaton Phaseblower
Plainware Human Effigy
Hohokam; Colonial Period, Gila Butte Phase; small effigy; 750-850 A.D.
750-850 A.D.potterysouthwestern potteryHohokamColonial PeriodGila Butte Phaseeffigy
Sikyatki Polychrome Picture Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Jeddito Yellowware; medium size bowl; 1400-1625 A.D.
Hopi Tradition. Yellow clay with orange-red and black-brown mineral paint. Rounded bowl with an outcurved rim. The burnished yellow surface has dark brown and red painted decorations consisting of an angular black “sky band” painted below the exterior rim on one third of the vessel shoulder. The interior features an asymmetrical spiraling composition of a stylized quiver and band design with negative motifs, which curve around a centrally placed bisected quadruped. A thick broken “onane” band painted below the rim frames these elements.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloJeddito Yellowwarebowl
Tucson Back-on-Red Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); small olla; 1300-1400 A.D.
Buff-red clay, highly polished red slip with polish marks horizontal and vertical, vegetal black paint
Snowflake Black-on-White Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; large olla; 950-1200 A.D.
Ciblola Mineral Paint Tradition. Black mineral paint, bright white slip. Jar with a thick rounded shoulder and a restricted neck that flares slightly at the rim. The body of the vessel is decorated with three eccentric squared bands which arch slightly from quarter-point to quarter-point. The bands are filled with interlocking spirals and opposing fret-barbed serrated angles.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewareolla
McDonald Corrugated and Incised Bowl
Mogollon; medium size bowl; 1150-1250 A.D.
Gray to red paste, quartz sand temper, corrugated, brick-red exterior, incised and painted with white fugitive paint. Corrugated utility bowl; coils flattened forming a repetitive surface design. Fine horizontal lines and geometric white designs. Interior is smudged and polished.
Tonto Polychrome Male Effigy Jar
Salado; Roosevelt Redware; small effigy; 1350-1450 A.D.
Red clay, sand temper, raspberry red with white and fugitive black paint, finely done and unusual; atypical for Tonto polychrome. Male effigy globular jar with a cylindrical neck and outcurved rim. The effigy face, arms, hands and penis are modeled on one side of the neck and shoulder of the vessel. Black on white and red linear, geometric and dot decorations fill the various zones of the jar.
Springerville Polychrome Pronghorn Effigy Canteen
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); White Mountain Redware; medium size effigy; 1250-1300 A.D.
Brown clay, pot sherd temper, white, black, brown, red paint. Pronghorn effigy canteen featuring rectangular panels of checker board patterning of black on red with white diamonds on the flanks.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloWhite Mountain Redwareeffigy
Escondida Polychrome Jar
Casas Grandes; Medio Period; medium size jar; 1280-1450 A.D.
Light tan yellow paste, meandering red elements, black design elements. Jar with a low rounded shoulder and subconoidal neck that tapers to a direct rim. The black on white and red decorations feature a meander band similar to those found on some Tonto Polychrome, Escondida style painted jars.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryCasas GrandesMedio Periodjar
Matsaki Polychrome Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Zuniware; large olla; 1475-1620 A.D.
Zuni-Hopi Tradition. Sikyatki like shaped jar with a shallow rounded base, thick rounded shoulder, and a suppressed neck that tapers to a slightly outcurved rim. The vessel is painted yellow with black and red decorations on the shoulder and neck that consist of banding, feather motifs, and stepped and angles elements in a quartered composition around the rim.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloZuniwareolla
Snowflake Reserve Black-on-White Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; large bowl; 950-1100 A.D.
Gray clay quartz sand temper, white slip, black mineral paint. Hemispheric bowl with an interior composition of three thick decorative bands that frame a circular reserved center. Motifs that decorate the bands include grid-and-dot patterning, fringed pendant angels with dot-in-circle fill, and interlocking stepped-barbed angles. The exterior is decorated with white dots.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewarebowl
Flagstaff Black-on-White Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); medium size bowl; 1125-1200 A.D.
Gray clay, quartz sand temper, white slip, carbon paint - sometimes mixed with mineral paint, all over complex designs, negative trend. Kayenta Series, vegetal paint. The Flagstaff designs contained diagonal hatching, paired geometric designs, and small squares with dots. The equal use of both black and white areas on a white slipped background resulted in an attractive and strong textile design.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric Pueblobowl
St. John’s Black-on-Red Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; medium size bowl; 1175-1300 A.D.
Gray paste, quartz temper, black paint on red, orange slip, design all over bowl interior, hatching. Hemispheric bowl with a direct rim and interior quartered composition featuring wedges filled with checker motifs painted solid black, fineline hatched and negative red.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonWhite Mountain Redwarebowl
Gallup Black-on-White Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; large olla; 950-1100 A.D.
Gray clay mineral paint, corrugated neck, hatched geometric scroll design. Jar with a low thick shoulder and opposing strap handles. The upper body is nearly hemispheric in form. It curves to a restricted cylindrical neck, which is corrugated textured and flares slightly at the rim. (This is also a common Mesa Verde form.) The upper body has a rectilinear quartered composition that frames the neck and is made up of spiraling angles filled with Dogoszhi-style hatching.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewareolla
Socorro Black-on-White Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Early Rio Grande Whiteware; large olla; 950-1400 A.D.
Gray polished clay, no slip, black mineral paint. Jar with a rounded base that flares to a high thick shoulder with a restricted cylindrical neck and a direct rim The body of the vessel is decorated with four panels that are filled with opposing horizontal serrated lines of sold black and fine-line hatched fill separated by negative white outlines.Anasazi Prehistoric PuebloEarly Rio Grande Whitewareollapotterysouthwestern pottery
Chaco Black-on-White Hemispheric Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; Cibola Whiteware; medium size bowl; 1050-1125 A.D.
Gray clay, black mineral paint, fine hatching and symmetrical design. Hemispheric bowl with a complex offset quartered composition in Dogoszhi-style hatch fill that features double spade-shaped motifs and a square reserved center filled with parallel fringed lines.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonCibola Whitewarebowl
Gila Plain Olla
Hohokam; Gila Plain, Pioneer Phase; large olla; 500-750 A.D.
Gray colored clay tempered with quartz, covered with surface mica. Fire clouds. Vessel walls are 6-8 mm thick; rim is straightpotterysouthwestern potteryHohokamGila PlainPioneer Phaseolla
Gila Plain Colonial Phase Jar
Hohokam; large jar; 750-950 A.D.
Red-tan-buff colored clay tempered with quartz, covered with surface mica, fire clouds; the walls are 6-8 mm thick; rim is slightly everted
Gila Plain Sedentary Phase Jar
Hohokam; large jar; 950-1150 A.D.Red-tan-buff colored clay tempered with quartz, covered with surface mica. Fire clouds, the walls are 6-8 mm thick; small rim is acutely everted
Gila Polychrome Bowl
Salado; medium size bowl; 1300-1400 A.D.
Brown paste, sand temper, crackled creamy white slip, black carbon paint, exterior red slip; encircling black line below rim
Sacaton Red-on-Buff Helmet Bowl
Hohokam; Sedentary Period, Sacaton Phase; medium size bowl; 950-1150 A.D.
Buff paste, red paint, quartz and mica temper. Flared bowl decorated on the interior with negative circles that frame cross and four circle-and-dot motifs.potterysouthwestern potteryHohokamSedentary PeriodSacaton Phasebowl
Pinnawa Glaze-on-White Olla
Small olla; 1350-1450 A.D.
Thin lines of metallic dark paint on polished thick white slip
Tusayan Corrugated Mesa Verde Jar
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); large jar; 1000-1150 A.D.
Finger-dented corrugation and a striking black surface color, crushed rock temper and a well smoothed black interior. 45 degree everted rim lip and corrugation that is deep and covers the entire vessel.
Santa Cruz Red-on-Buff Ovoid Jar
Hohokam; Colonial Period, Santa Cruz Phase; large olla; 850-950 A.D.
Ovoid jar with a restricted neck and flared rim, painted with three encircling panel bands of bold, interlocking fringed spirals.potterysouthwestern potteryHohokamColonial PeriodSanta Cruz Phaseolla
Corrugated Kiet Siel Style Kayenta Pitcher
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); small pitcher; 1250-1300 A.D.
Strongly everted 90 degree rim and straight vessel wall coils that are incompletely obliterated. Vessel walls are very rough and pitted.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric Pueblopitcher
Corrugated Moenkopi Style Chaco Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); medium size bowl; 1150-1350 A.D.
The rims are more everted - 90 degrees - and in the KAYENTA area the corrugations are flattened. The CHACO CORRUGATED bowl example has a beautifully white slipped white clay body, quartz sand temper and a finger-dented corrugated surface design. The 90-degree rim angle is the major defining feature.
Santa Cruz Red-on-Buff Flared Bowl with Stylized Human Figures
Hohokam; Colonial Period, Santa Cruz Phase; medium size bowl; 850-950 A.D.
Santa Cruz red-on-buff flared bowl with stylized human figures with hourglass shaped bodies encircling the interior rim. All but two of these figures hold multi toothed wands.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryHohokamColonial PeriodSanta Cruz Phasebowl
Kwakina Glaze-on-White Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Zuniware; large bowl; 1325-1400 A.D.
Interior white slip; painted designs similar to St. John’sancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloZuniwarebowl
Pinedale Black-on-Red Olla
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; large olla; 1275-1325 A.D.
Globular jar with a restricted cylindrical neck and direct rim. Decorated with bold linear and geometric elements around the neck, and a complex quartered composition on the body that features triangles, rectangles and rhomboids filled with opposing angled-fringed lines framed by fineline hatching on a field of wavy line fill.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonWhite Mountain Redwareolla
Bidahochi Black-on-White Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Tusayan Whiteware; small bowl; 1325-1400 A.D.
Gray/white core, fine quartz sand temper, very white surface; dense carbon black paint; unprecise bold designpotterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloTusayan Whitewarebowl
Large Cache Bowl
Salado; Redware; large bowl; 1000-1400 A.D.
Walnut Creek Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); very large bowl; 1200-1300 A.D.
White clay sherd temper, black vegetal paint [mixture?] white slip, banded design-framed above and below; complex textile pattern-equivalent to Flagstaff
Sikyatki Polychrome Picture Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Jeddito Yellowware; medium olla; 1400-1625 A.D.
Hopi Tradition. yellow clay with orange- red and black-brown mineral paintpotterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloJeddito Yellowwareolla
Gila Polychrome Olla
Salado; medium olla; 1300-1400 A.D.
Brown paste, sand temper, white slip, black carbon paint, exterior red slip
medium bowl
Salt Red Olla
Hohokam; Classic Period, Civano Phase; large olla; 1300-1500 A.D.
Red slipped highly polished brown silica containing clay extensive fire clouds, conical bottom- not flatpotterysouthwestern potteryHohokamClassic PeriodCivano Phaseolla
medium bowl
Rio Grande Glaze D San Lazaro Glaze Polychrome Olla
Pueblo of New Mexico; large olla; 1490-1550 A.D.
Lack of contrast between red paint and dark slip; subdued polychrome; red and black on yellow with straight rim. Large and well painted extremely rare glaze ware olla
