height 17 inches x diameter 18 inches

Included is a note of identification from the late Francis Harlow, renowned authority on the evolution of Puebloan ceramic styles.

Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 215, plate 216)

The horizontal scratches on the neck were caused during use.  It was standard practice to keep mice and other vermin out of a storage jar by inverting a bowl over the top.  Such bowl covers abraded the design, but left an interesting ethnographic record of how the pot was used (Hanson 1994: 215).