Anasazi Pottery Ladle; Prehistoric Tularosa

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Anasazi Pottery Ladle: Prehistoric Tularosa
Hand coiled and painted Black on white geometric design pottery ladle.
11'' x 6.25'' x 2''
Has restoration; Tularosa Black-on-white is a Cibola White Ware type with dense, compact designs that often cover the entire surface of painted vessels.
Archaeological Culture: Ancestral Puebloan
Date Range: ca. A.D. 1200-1325.
Construction: By coiling.
Firing: In a neutral to reducing atmosphere.
Core Color: White to light gray; sometimes darker in the center.
Carbon Streak: Occasional.
Temper: Crushed sherds with sparse to heavy sand.
Surface Finish: Smooth; thick, crackled, and polished white to light gray slip; occasional fireclouds on jars.
Surface Color: White to light gray.
Forms: Bowls, jars, ollas, pitchers, tri-lobed vessels, ladles, mugs, effigies.
Vessel Wall Thickness: 0.3 to 0.6 cm; average 0.4 cm.
Decoration:
Paint: Matte or subglaze (rare) black to greenish-black, brown, red-brown, and orange-red.
Pigments: Mineral, occasionally mixed with some organics.
Design: Balanced opposed solid and hatched designs, including curvilinear scrolls, rectangular bands, and interlocking scrolls; tight, closely spaced designs; oblique fine line hatching common, with occasional longitudinal and cross hatching or basket weave.
Comparisons: Tularosa Black-on-white designs are more compact, and the hatching is parallel to the framing lines and more closely spaced; in Reserve Black-on-white, the hatching intersects the framing lines at a 45 degree angle; Reserve Black-on-white pitchers have shorter necks and more globular bodies.
Tularosa Black-on-white is considered to be the black-on-white version of St. Johns Black-on-red.
Good Condition - Has Professional restoration as pictured
200915-03
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