Prehistoric Socorro Black on White Jar c.900-1350 AD

Item: NOPT1009C
Material: native clay
Size: 8 diameter x 8 1/2"
Period: Historic
Origin: Origin Unassigned

This is a traditionally made and fired prehistoric Socorro Black on White jar with bulbous form and a tall slender neck. The design is divided into three horizontal bands with stripes about the neck, a blocked scrolling motif with hachure about the mid-body, and large repeating triangular wing forms below the shoulder. The jar has been professionally repaired from large pieces with cracks filled and overpainted.

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