Description:

Native American, North America, Hohokam, Sacaton Red-on-Buff Phase, ca. 900-1100 CE. This miniature bowl stems from the Sacaton Red-on-Buff phase of the Hohokam Sedentary period. Usually designs are geometric and feature interlocking scrolls framed within rectangular panels. This example, however, is extremely rare in that it features a figurative element. The composition is segmented into four pie-shaped panels, each featuring a stylized, flying bird painted in red against a buff-colored orb. Birds such as dove, quail, ducks, and geese were targets of the hunt for the Hohokam. They were also regarded as sacred sky animals and avian imagery has been found on jewelry pendants, body paint palettes as well as pottery. Parrots and macaws were traded by the Hohokam and scholars believe that the indigenous used their brightly colored feathers during spiritual ceremonies. 1-1/4"H x 3-1/3"W at widest point

Provenance: Ex-Hagen Collection, acquired in the 1940s

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  • Condition: Some paint enhancement. Else intact and in excellent condition.

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