Prehistoric Anasazi Gila Polychrome Pottery Bowl

Native American, Southwestern United States, Central eastern Arizona, Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan, Greater Mogollon, Greater Salado, Upper Gila (Highland Salado), ca. 1250 to 1350 CE. An aesthetically-pleasing pottery bowl with a deep interior basin adorned by elaborate black-on-white decoration and a contrasting red-terracotta exterior. The white-ground interior surface displays intricate abstract imagery of stepped, barbed, sawtooth, lattice, and triangle designs. Though much of the symbolism in this imagery is lost, archeologists posit that these designs were not purely decorative and instead represented weather patterns, geographic formations, and other information important to the Ancestral Puebloans. Size: 10.3" Diameter x 5.5" H (26.2 cm x 14 cm)

There are three recognized styles of Salado polychrome pottery: Pinta, Gila, and Tonto. Gila vessels like this example were often decorated with complex designs, at times featuring stylized snakes, lizards, parrots, stars, the sun, and eyes. Many of these images also appear in petroglyphs. The Salado (Spanish for "salty") peoples migrated to the Salt River in Southeastern Arizona. They resided in the center of three major cultures of the Southwest of the time period: Ancestral Puebloan to the North, Mogollon to the East and South, and the Hohokam to the West and Southwest.

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Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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Condition Report: Professionally repaired with restoration and repainting; all cone very well and difficult to notice. Small chip to exterior and light surface wear as shown, but otherwise great presentation with good remaining detail.