Kayenta Geometric Jar, Tsegi Phase, 13th Century

with deeply rounded base and tapering shoulder, finely painted in black over a grayish white slip, with an overall pattern of interlocking designs.

Excavated on a private ranch in Northern Arizona, near Page
Linda and Stanley Marcus Collection
Acquired from Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe in 1996

Mather, 1990, Native America:Arts, Traditions, Celebrations, p. 49, interior of the Marcus home

Broken in antiquity (see several pairs of drill holes); restored; very few parts in-filled (approximately 8%).
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For a comparable example in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, see Martin and Willis,1940, pl. 13., fig. 2 (cat. No. 21111).