Kinishba is the rarest of all the White Mountain redwares. It came from only two sites, the Kinishba ruin which is now on the White Mountain Apache Reservation and the Pinedale ruin. ie. There are no more. This bowl is a famous bowl known to have been in the major collections since the 30’s; Ex. Cross, Dr. Thomas, Skousen, Schenck, Lyon. It measures 10.5” x 5”, mint condition. The bowl does not have any cracks, addition of paint or restoration of any kind. This bowl is pictured in the 1974 Arizona Highways magazine, Vol. 50, No. 2, p. 31 which is iconic in the collecting of Southwest Pottery (see attached scans). It is also pictured in Bill Schenck’s book Re-Creating The Word, Plate 74. I have been told it is pictured in a couple of other books but I have not seen them. Kinishaba is really the anchor of the White Mt redwares and this bowl is a solid ’10.’

Offered here is a Four Mile Bowl, Mint and Pristine, 8.5” x 3.65”. This bowl was dug by Bob Skousen of Mesa Arizona in either 1982 or 1983 at the Double Circle Ranch which he owned at the time. Bob sold it to Lee Cohen, former owner of Pueblo 1 Gallery in Scottsdale Arizona, in 1988 or 89. In 1989 Lee sold it to the fellow I recently purchased it from.

This incredible Mimbres geometric bowl measure 10.4" wide and 4" deep and is as pristine condition as the day it was made.

The interior exhibits two completely separate complex geometric forms. The first in the center has four elements arranged in an opposing patterns of bars each feathered to a center point. This design is very reminiscent of a woven basket. The second element is on the wall of the bowl - it is a negative pattern white line that extends through three different mazes and three different solid elements. The white line is continuous in such a fashion that it becomes a single element returning upon itself. In doing so it becomes a single element itself.

Without question this is one of the finest Mimbres geometric bowls extant - if that is not enough it is in perfect original condition.

This exceptionally large Hohokam, C. 400 - 1100AD, slate pallet measures 9 inches in length and exhibits a wonderful lizard form with extended appendages and a well defined face.

The majority of Hohokam pallets known are rectangular in form which sometimes have small handles in the forms of a rattlesnake or other lifeforms. A small number of pallets are in the shape of a lizard or horn toad; virtually all of them though are not very demonstrative having the legs being formed against the body or central pallet. Records indicate that there are three very special lizard pallets in private hands where the legs are stretched out as this example is.

The condition is excellent with the tail rejoined from a clean break as well as the front right leg - there is no breakage in the central body area.

There are prehistoric ceramics and then there is this canteen. One of the great joys in handling, over the years, many great mint pieces of pottery is the realization that every once in a while an example comes along which defies all reason and sets a new standard of excellence ....in condition, design and execution. So it is with this wonderful canteen.

The surface of the canteen has been polished to such an extent that the white achieves almost a pearl finish; the black is jet black and the overall feel is that of an enameled stove.

This is without question the finest Snowflake pitcher, and one of the finest of any of the prehistoric southwestern cultures, I have ever encountered. The pitcher measures 5.3" wide and 5.0 inches tall, is perfectly made and exhibits artwork that is beyond belief. As many know the designs were placed on the ceramic pieces with a brush made from the very fine hairs found in the leaves of yucca plants. They did not use stencils or layout lines to prepare for their work. The designs were placed on by freehand and in understanding that it is virtually impossible to believe this very complex and perfectly laid out design could have been accomplished - but obviously it was. The photos speak for themselves - reward yourself and spend a little time examining the attached photos and wonder for yourself how four perfectly placed spiral elements were drawn; each swirl is interconnected with the one to either side. The stepped diagonal designs are not only done with perfectly straight line elements but they are perfectly spaced; note the breaks in the circumference lines and how those breaks naturally flow into the rest of the design. And yes it is intact unbroken condition!! The pitcher was recently purchased from the collection of Dr. Fredrick Lau of Phoenix, AZ.