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Native American, Mogollon
Prehistoric
1175–1300
Object Place: Arizona (East-Central), United States, White Mountain Mogollon Rim, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
5.4 x 9.52 cm (2 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. William White Howells
Accession Number1985.10
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionCibola White ware, Tularosa Black-on-white style. Circular band with curved sides, rounded bottom, small horizontal handle near rim. Decorated in reddish black over a white glaze; on the inside with an off-center tondo of zig-zag with two conforming surrounds, a plain band and a hatched zig-zag; on the outside with a band with several reserve diagonal panels with dots.
ProvenanceDescended in the family of Muriel (Mrs. William White) Howells (b. 1910 - d. 2002), Kittery, ME. 1985, sold by Hurst and Hurst (gallery), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 16, 1985)