Description:

Native American, Southwest, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, ca. 1050 to 1250 CE. A graceful black-on-white Mimbres vessel decorated with painted motifs on its interior: a ring of interlocking spirals, their tips curling around each other at the center of the band; below that is a thick band of black and white chequers. A beautiful vessel that is part of the Mimbres (and larger Mogollon) tradition of pottery with figural/zoomorphic as well as geometric decoration inspired by the natural environment of America's Southwest. Size: 7.45" W x 3.5" H (18.9 cm x 8.9 cm)

The Mimbres people occupied the mountain and river valleys of southwestern New Mexico; the name we know them by comes from the Spanish word for the willows that grew alongside the river valleys. The artists responsible for creating pottery vessels like this were women, and many Mimbres women have been found in burials accompanied by pottery making tools.

Provenance: ex-private C. Webster collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA acquired before 2000

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#155984

  • Condition: Repaired from approximately ten pieces with no overpaint. Repairs are well done and unobtrusive. Nice preservation of motifs with light wear on surface as shown. A few small losses from the rim edge.

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