Kiva Jars are very rare and the shape and style is unique to the Mesa Verde culture. The style is define as a rounded, bulbous jar with a flat shoulder and an opening that always has a flat lip which holds either a ceramic or stone lid; in this case a ceramic disk.
This piece measures 10.5” x 8” and is just glued…there is no restoration or paint added anywhere. The paint is quite strong and offers a classic Mesa Ve ...click for details
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 r ...click for details
Very little needs to be said for this wonderful Chaco pitcher which measures 7.4 inches tall and, at the base, 5.8 inches wide. The bold design is executed on a bright white slip with superb line work. This pitcher is regarded by major collectors and dealers alike as absolutely the finest Chaco tall neck pitcher to exist in private hands. ...click for details
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. It is not a stretch to say that this pitcher is in as perfect condition as the day it was made – there is no damage what so ever and no restor ...click for details
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. He understood that only a handful of condition rarities ever present themselves during a collection building lifetime and when ...click for details
Pottery is “for ever”, it will survive in excess of 10,000 years given normal conditions. But items made from plant material usually deteriorate in a few decades which makes the survival of this amazing basket all that more incredible! Measuring 5.5” tall and 3.9” wide it is composed of willow rods and polychrome reed material. It is in perfect condition without and type of restoration whatsoever.
Offered here is an incredible duck effigy C. 1100 - 1250AD, it's image is published in Bill Schenck's RE-CREATING THE WORLD, 2002, PLATE 31.
THE TEXT FROM THE BOOK READS “PLATE 31 – SNOWFLAKE BLACK-ON-WHITE, CIBOLA WHITE WARE, ca. AD 1100-1250, height 8”, length 9.5”. The duck effigy canteen is painted with a checkered rattlesnake stretched around the shoulder of the vessel. (82) The head of the snake pa ...click for details
This pallet is an absolutely genuine and unique work of art from the prehistoric Southwest! Any stone carving from the prehistoric Southwest is scarce with the majority of the known pieces coming from the Mimbres, Hohokam or Casas cultures. Examples of stone carvings from the Anasazi (C. 900 - 1300AD) culture are rare with human forms being the rarest and most desirable examples. The distinguishing characteristic which sets this apart as Anasazi is that it is made from a red sandstone…a mater ...click for details
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. ...click for details
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. He split the items up ...click for details
