A large and nicely painted Nayarit seated figure, Ca. 200 B.C. - 300 A.D.

This nice Nayarit figure has its hands against its sides, has large round eyes, prominent nose, and multiple earrings. Has some great paint remaining. 12" tall. A very nice example.

A Chimu blackware jar with a Monkey figure, Ca. 1100 - 1400 A.D.

This nice blackware jar has a Monkey figure stretched across the jar that has human facial features. The dots that are over the top are representative of rain. The figure is facing upwards, with a sorrowful look on his face, begging for rain.

A nice example of Chimu blackware. Stands 7-1/2" tall by 6-1/2" wide.

Cedar Creek polychromes are a very scarce pottery type which closely associated to the better known and very popular Four Mile type. The type is denoted by the bright orange slip with a black design on the interior of the bowl – the exterior always has a combination of a black and white design.

This bowl measures 9.3 inches wide and 3.3 inches deep…it has an intense black paint which is 100% glazed and is strongly reflective...

This beautiful Snowflake (C. 1150–1250AD) pitcher is perfect in every way. Measuring 6 inches by 5.5 inches it exhibits a beautiful white slip with incredible jet black paint that is completely glazed. The glazing is caused from traces of lead which is in the black paint in combination the fact that it was fired at temperatures much higher than normal...

The pitcher offered here was recently acquired from a well know collection assembled by a doctor who possesses not only a highly refined, critical eye, but a passion, willingness and where-with-all to seek out and acquire the very best. The doctor purchased this pitcher in 1992 from a private collector for $7,500.00, a price that was considered very high for the times...

This is an exceptionally rare bowl, measuring 11” x 4”, exhibiting a clear full image of a Shaman. The staff is distinctly visible in the upper right; the body displays a diamonded cape with legs protruding from the bottom. At the front of the head, toward the staff, shows a clear plumed headdress and another part of the headdress trailing from the rear of the head. Such images are very rare on any type of Anasazi pottery...

Offerings such as this wonderful combination are rarely seen or available to the collecting public. The olla contained this ball of yucca yarn and was covered with the cup. The olla (9" x 7.5") and the cup (whole, 6") are Kayenta; the contents that were with it is a LARGE ball of yarn (6+", over 100 feet long). It was found in a cave by Zack Tillery of Aspen Colorado maybe 5-7 years ago. The cup acted as the lid and protected the contents perfectly...

This Pinedale black and white olla, measuring 9”+, has two wonderful images of mountain lions on the rim, something virtually never seen during this period of prehistoric pottery production. The olla is broken and glued with about 8% restoration, a tiny bit affecting only a portion of the tail of one mountain lion. I rarely will handle an item with restoration unless it has significant rarity…, which this one does...

This is a beautiful and striking Four Mile Polychrome bowl assembled from just three pieces; a small chip on the rim. The bowl measures 9.25” in diameter and 3.25” deep and exhibits very strong bold paint that is ALL original. There is no restoration of any type. The image is intriguing as that of an abstract animal with four obvious legs and feet. This bowl sold in the 1980s to a prominent Aspen Colorado collector for $7,500.00…...

Sandals from the Anasazi period are scarce but ones made from cotton which exhibit a complex polychrome design are very rare. This wonderful example is from the Basket Maker II period and exhibits an intricate design executed in a bright blue and red. The toe area has leather strips across the entire front and two ties, one of yucca cord and the other leather. Of exceptional note is the use of three different materials in making this sandal which measures 10" x 4.25"...

Sandals from the Anasazi period are scarce but ones made from cotton which exhibit a complex polychrome design are very rare. This wonderful example is from the Basket Maker II period and exhibits a intricate design executed in a bright blue and red. The toe area has leather strips across the entire front and two ties, one of yucca cord and the other leather. Of exceptional note is the use of three different materials in making this sandal which measures 9.4" x 4"...

Sandals from the Anasazi period are scarce but ones made from yucca which exhibit a complex polychrome design are very rare. This wonderful example is from the Basket Maker II period and measures 9.5" x 4". Additional information on request.

This is a beautiful Showlow (1300AD) polychrome olla measuring 5.8" x 4.0" with vivid and bold paint colors, the black being highly glazed. The first photo shows the clear image of a stylized parrott. Exceptional in all respects with no restoration of any kind.

This is an amazing MATCHED PAIR of Anasazi earrings each measuring 2.25 inches wide and 2.10 inches tall. These were discovered in the fall of 1982 while excavating a Reserve (C. 1100 -1200AD) ruin just south of Reserve New Mexico. The earrings are made from two scallop shells that had to have been traded from the distant shores of what is now the Sea of Cortez or possibly the Pacific Ocean...

This wonderful olla resided, for many years, in a well known Tulsa Oklahoma collection and is published in a book on prehistoric southwestern pottery. Not much will have to be said about this olla that the photos will not tell...