Casas Grandes Ramos polychrome pottery animal olla. Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes, Ramos polychrome type, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A hand built pottery vessel of charming form that depicts the head of a zoomorphic creature, perhaps a weasel, a bear or a raccoon. The creature exhibits perky eyes and ears, a tapered snout, and parted lips while the rest of the head is adorned in black and red triangles that spiral together. The remaining exterior surface area is densely adorned along the upper body with triangular, rectangular, and stippled motifs, and the base is unadorned.
Stablization to one lengthy fissure, with resurfacing and overpainting mostly along the exterior break lines; repaired areas are still visible within interior. Abrasions and fading to pigment, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to zoomorphic form. 5.625"W x 7.25"H
PERIOD: Prehistoric
ORIGIN: Southwest - Casas Grandes, Native American