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Object Number:51-31-21
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Casas Grandes
Provenience: Mexico (Central America)
Chihuahua
Casas Grandes
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Technique:Ramos Polychrome
Height: 18 cm
Outside Diameter:20 cm
Credit Line:Exchange with Texas Western College, El Paso, 1951

Description

Ramos polychrome ware. Rounded bottom, sides contracting to wide mouth with thickened rim. Smoked to a slate grey; probably originally buff ware, slipped and polished with very dark brown and red painted decoration. Painted decoration is in fine lines and solid areas: triangles with discs and ellipses.

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