Pottery
(Found on private land before June 17, 1989. This property sold without violation of any state or federal law. )
Villa Ahumada Polychrome Olla
Casas Grandes; medium-size olla; 1100-1200 A.D.
Red and black on white slip, red clay body; Ramos variant with thin lines and red elements outlined by thin black lines
Classic Mimbres Black-on-White Rounded Bowl
Mogollon; Classic Mimbres Phase; large bowl; 1000-1150 A.D.
Mineral paint tradition; slipped tradition; black and white eccentric or oval shaped bowl; deep oval painted inside; two positive and negative scrolls; stylized bird heads; black and white.potterysouthwestern potteryMogollonClassic Mimbres Phasebowl
Gila Polychrome Cup
Salado; small cup; 1300-1500 A.D.
Brown clay, red slip with black and white designs; black line encircles bowl rim
Wingate Polychrome Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; large bowl; 1125-1225 A.D.
Cibola black on red interior; red on fugitive white exterior. Bowl with thick shoulder and outcurved rim. A bold linear white on red band decorates the exterior, while the interior has a black on red quartered composition with a circular reserved center that features four large spiral motifs.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonbowlWhite Mountain Redware
Three Circle Red-on-White Bowl
Mogollon; Three Circle Phase; small bowl; 750-950 A.D.
Mimbres Boldface; brown clay, white slip, red mineral paintpotterysouthwestern potteryMogollonThree Circle Phasebowl750950 A.D.
Red-on-Buff Olla
Hohokam; Sedentary Period, Sacaton Phase; small olla; 875-1100 A.D.
Red on buff painted olla; scroll design, Gila shoulderpotterysouthwestern potteryHohokamSedentary PeriodSacaton Phaseolla
Ramos Polychrome Olla
Casas Grandes; large olla; 1200-1300 A.D.
Pale brown surface color, fine black framing lines containing black and red elements, occasional red lines, low greatest diameter with sloping upper body.
Reserve Black-on-White Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; Cibola Whiteware; medium size bowl; 1000-1150 A.D.
Black on white bowl; brown clay, white slip, black mineral paintpotterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonCibola Whitewarebowl
Gourd Vessel Proto-Pottery
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); small gourd vessel; 100-300 A.D.
Buff clay with mica, unslipped, unpaintedpotterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric Pueblogourd vessel
Tularosa Black-on-White Sprinkle-Handle Pitcher
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; medium size pitcher; 1100-1250 A.D.
White paste, sand-sherd temper, black mineral paint on white slip. Globular sprinkle-handle pitcher with a restricted cylindrical neck and slightly flared rim. The neck is decorated with a series of bold interlocking spirals, while the rounded body is covered with interlocking bands of opposing stepped angles.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewarepitcher
Homolovi Polychrome Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Winslow Orangeware; medium size bowl; 1300-1400 A.D.
Soft tan-red-brown paste; sherd, coarse sand temper; red-tan-orange slip; black outlined with white. Incurved rounded bowl with a thick black broken “onane” band painted below the interior rim that frames a bisected composition of opposing bold black hooked angles with double stepped angle fringe. Areas surrounding these elements are filled with fineline hatching and major decorative components are outlined with fine white banding. The exterior features three horizontal hourglass elements with serrated edges of negative orange and black and outlined in white.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloWinslow Orangewarebowl
Puerco Black-on-White Tall-Neck Pitcher
Anasazi-Mogollon; Cibola Whiteware; small pitcher; 950-1050 A.D.
Mineral paint tradition, Chaco Canyon region. Tall-neck pitcher with a strap handle, rounded body, curved neck flange, tall cylindrical neck, and direct rim. The zonal painted decorations feature opposing triangular fringed lines, and angle of solid black and fine-line hatching on white.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonCibola Whitewarepitcher
Ramos Polychrome Black-on-White Variant Seed Jar
Casas Grandes; medium size seed jar; 1200-1300 A.D.
Tan-white paste without slip, raised dull black paint design, thin black lines, thin wall 4 mm
Tusayan Polychrome Orange Slipped and Burnished Bowl with Handle
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Tsegi Orangeware; medium size bowl; 1250-1285 A.D.
Orange slipped and burnished rounded bowl with a direct rim and short coil handle affixed below the rim. The exterior has two bold red encircling bands painted below the rim. The interior has an offset quartered composition formed by large pendant angles described and filled with bold red bands that are outlined in black. Fine-line black fill decorations are painted between the red bands.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloTsegi Orangewarebowl
Jeddito Polychrome Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); medium size bowl; 1250-1400 A.D.
Anasazi-Sinagua-Hopi overlap. Black with brown outline on yellow; polychrome bowl, black on exterior; polychrome ware of the little Colorado River Valley, northern Arizona and southern Utahancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric Pueblobowl
Tularosa Olla
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; large olla; 1150-1250 A.D.
Mineral paint tradition; Cibola province; or Mogollon copying Anasazi, Black on white ollapotterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewareolla
Mimbres Black-on-White Geometric Bowl
Mogollon; Classic Mimbres Phase; large bowl; 1000-1150 A.D.
Slipped tradition. Hemispheric vessel with an interior painted composition featuring a negative white circular reserved center framed by a broad encircling band composed of quarter repeat elements of fine parallel line fill, solid black geometric elements, and negative white liner painting.potterysouthwestern potteryMogollonClassic Mimbres Phasebowl
Four Mile Polychrome Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; medium size bowl; 1300-1400 A.D.
Black outlined in white on red, white on exterior; polychrome round bowl, bird figure. Red slipped and burnished bowl with a thick rounded shoulder and outcurved rim. The exterior has a panel band of fineline white motifs framed with black bands. The interior had a bold asymmetrical composition of solid black and fineline black filled elements with fine white outlining.potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonWhite Mountain Redwarebowl
Mesa Verde Black-on-White Mug
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Mesa Verde Whiteware; small mug; 1200-1300 A.D.
Gray paste, sherd temper, pearly white slip, black carbon paint. Mug that is rounded near the base and tapers to a direct rim. A broad strap handle is fitted to one side. The vessel is covered with angled linear elements of consistent width that terminate in opposing stepped angles.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloMesa Verde Whitewaremug
Pinto Polychrome Bowl
Salado; Roosevelt Redware; medium size bowl; 1280-1300 A.D.
Rounded bowl with a slightly outcurved rim. The exterior is painted red while the interior has a Pinedale “stage four” decoration of opposing stepped and circular elements filled with checker motifs, and serrated and parallel lines. Major elements are framed with negative white banding on a ground of fine parallel line fill. The decoration spans to the rim without a framing band.
Four Mile Polychrome Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; medium size bowl; 1300-1400 A.D.
Black outlined in white on red, white on exterior; polychrome round bowlpotterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonWhite Mountain Redwarebowl
Four Mile Polychrome Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; medium size bowl; 1300-1400 A.D.
Black outlined in white on red, white on exterior; polychrome round bowlpotterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonWhite Mountain Redwarebowl
Tonto Ploychrome Pitcher
Salado; medium size pitcher; 1600 A.D.
Historic Hopi pitcher. Black and buff or white on red
Three Circle Neck Corrugated Banded Jar
Mogollon; large jar; 600-1050 A.D.
Brown paste, coils unobliterated in neck only; everted rim
Ramos Black Bowl
Mogollon; medium bowl; 900-1200 A.D.
Polished blackware; Casas Grandes
tradition
Tusayan Polychrome Orange Slipped and Burnished Bowl with Handle
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Tsegi Orangeware; medium size bowl; 1250-1285 A.D.
Orange slipped and burnished rounded bowl with a direct rim and a short strap handle affixed below the rim. The exterior is decorated with a bold red stripe below the rim, while the interior has an offset quartered composition and rectangular reserved center formed by bold red banding. Smaller decorative elements are painted in black and all major components of the composition are outlined in black with an outer framing line of white.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloTsegi Orangewarebowl
Boldface Mimbres Bowl
Mogollon; medium bowl; 700-900 A.D.
Slipped tradition; brown ware, white slip inside and out with a linear brown design
Tularosa Corrugated Bowl
Tularosa Corrugated Bowl; medium size bowl; 1000 -1200 A.D.
Corrugated utility bowl of red-brown clay with a fillet (flattened coils) and corrugated rim, polishing, fugitive brown slip and a surface that has been completely smoothed but left with the coils visible. Bottom coils narrow and symmetrical. Exterior black fire clouds. Interior black smudging.
Red Mesa Brown-on-White Bowl
Medium bowl; 1350-1400 A.D.
Reddish brown mineral paint on thick chalky white slip inside and outside
Puerco Black-on-Red Bowl
Anasazi-Mogollon; White Mountain Redware; medium size bowl; 950-1150 A.D.
Gray-brown clay, red slip. Deep red bowl with flaring sides. Black mineral painted designs are a simple panel of medium width lines and solid frets with an open center. Exterior red slip without design.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasaziMogollonWhite Mountain Redwarebowl
Alma Plain Seed Jar
Mogollon; medium size seed jar; 400-600 A.D.
Brown utility ware made by coiling, smoothing, then polishing. This seed jar has a beautifully symmetric curved body and a thin wall. The polished and unslipped pot surface has a dark brown-black finish. All of the surface coils have been smoothed and are not visible.
Gila Ploychrome Olla
Salado; Roosevelt Redware; large olla; 1300-1450 A.D.
Brown clay, red slip with black and white designs. Jar with a thick rounded shoulder and neck that tapers to a slightly flared rim. The base and interior rim are painted red while the shoulder and neck have black on white Roosevelt “stage one” style zonal banding of solid black angular elements and fringe-barbed angles.
Puerco Black-on-White Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; small bowl; 1030-1150 A.D.
Gray paste; sherd and sand temper; white slip;
mineral paint; vertical parallel lines, checkerboards, bold trianglespotterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewarebowl
Black-on-White Boldface Picture Bowl
Mogollon; Classic Mimbres Phase; medium size bowl; 700-900 A.D.
Slipped tradition; black on white slip, slipped brownware. Hemispheric Vessel with an interior painted composition featuring a stylized flying bird framed by four bold solid and wavy line encircling rim bands.potterysouthwestern potteryMogollonClassic Mimbres Phasebowl
Tularosa Black-on-White Bird Effigy
Mogollon; Cibola Whiteware; small effigy; 1175-1300 A.D.
Gray paste; fine sherd or quartz sand temper; mineral paint
Roosevelt Duck Effigy
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); medium size effigy; 1250-1300 A.D.
White paste; sand and crushed sherd temper; white slip; mineral paint; southern Cibola/middle Gila region-derived from Tularosaancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric Puebloeffigy
White Slipped Villa Ahumada Polychrome Hooded Female Effigy Jar
Casas Grandes; Medio Period; medium size effigy; 1280-1450 A.D.
Ehectal The Wind God; White slip with black and red lines and designs. Hooded effigy basal point jar with a low rounded shoulder, subconical neck and outcurved rim. The hooded element of the jar is a human face flanked by curved and pierced owl related motifs. The body of the vessel has a series of bands in black and red on white.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryCasas GrandesMedio Periodeffigy
San Francisco Red-on-Brown Male Effigy
Mogollon; Three Circle Phase; medium size effigy; 700-900 A.D.
Slipped tradition, Mimbres province, red on brown human effigy vessel. San Francisco red-on-brown globular jar in the form of a seated male with shell and turquoise ear pendants. The effigy vessel is painted solid red except for the face, hands and feet. This ceramic comes from an area of Hohokam and Mogollon overlap in southeastern Arizona. Rare.
Mimbres Black-on-White Two-Fish Picture Bowl
Mogollon; Classic Mimbres Phase; medium size bowl; 1000-1150 A.D.
Slipped tradition black on white. Hemispheric vessel with an interior painted composition of two opposing stylized fish, and four pendant elements of fringed angles placed at quarter points on the encircling rim band.potterysouthwestern potteryMogollonClassic Mimbres Phasebowl
Mesa Verde Dolores Corrugated Jar
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); medium size jar; 1000-1150 A.D.
Chaco Province. Black on gray ware. Wide terminal fillet, everted 45-degree rim, body completely corrugated. Finger-dented corrugation and a striking black surface color, crushed red temper, and a well smoothed black interior.
Mimbres Black-on-White Two-Fish Picture Bowl
Mogollon; Classic Mimbres Phase; medium size bowl; 1000-1150 A.D.
Slipped tradition black on white. Hemispheric vessel with an interior painted composition of two opposing stylized fish, and four pendant elements of fringed angles placed at quarter points on the encircling rim band.potterysouthwestern potteryMogollonClassic Mimbres Phasebowl
Tularosa Black-on-White Olla
Mogollon; medium size olla; 1000-1200 A.D.
Black on white slip, mineral paint tradition, Cibola Province
Gila Polychrome Avian Effigy Jar
Salado; Roosevelt Redware; medium size effigy; 1300-1450 A.D.
Avian (duck) effigy jar with modeled wings, tail and head of the ellipsoid jar form. The base and interior rim are painted red while the rest of the vessel has Roosevelt “stage three” style black on white painted decorations including grid-and-dot checker patterning, interlocking spiral-barbed and fringed angles and opposing fringed lines.
Chaco Black-on-White Tall-Neck Pitcher
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Cibola Whiteware; medium size pitcher; 950-1100 A.D.
Mineral paint tradition. Tall-neck pitcher with a strap handle, rounded body, curved neck flange, tall cylindrical neck, and direct rim. There are a variety of linear and geometric zonal decorations, as well as isolated bird tracks on the neck flange and handle.ancient potterysouthwestern potteryAnasazi Prehistoric PuebloCibola Whitewarepitcher
Walnut Black-on-White Bowl
Anasazi (Prehistoric Pueblo); Little Colorado Ware; medium size bowl; 1100-1125 A.D.
Vegetal Paint Tradition. White clay sherd temper black vegetal paint [mixture?] white slip, banded design - framed above and below; complex textile pattern - equivalent to Flagstaff.potterysouthwestern potteryanasazi prehistoric puebloLittle Colorado Warebowl