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North America, Southwestern New Mexico, Southeast Arizona, and Northern Chihuahua region of Mexico, Mogollon culture, ca. 1000 to 1150 CE. An intriguing hand built grey pottery olla of a rounded form with a slightly flared rim, its form of the Reserve Indented Corrugated style. This technique requires immense skill and is a modification of the coil and scrape method. Each coil of pottery was carefully indented with the potter's finger at remarkably regular, tight intervals - a step that contributed to the integrity of the form as well. The rounded base suggests that this vessel was made to be set in a sandy floor. The artists responsible for creating pottery vessels like this one were usually women. Many Mogollon women have been found in burials accompanied by pottery making tools, and vessels similar to this one have been found in the Starkweather Ruin in New Mexico. Size: 6" W x 7" H (15.2 cm x 17.8 cm)

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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#147965

  • Condition: Small loss from rim. Otherwise in nice condition with excellent deposits on surface. Old collection number written on interior below rim.

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