TYPE: White-on-Red (unnamed)

DATE: AD 1350 to 1420 (Smith, Woodbury & Woodbury:1966;314,315)

PRIMARY BOWL DESIGN PLACEMENT: Usually exteriors, occasionally interiors with secondary exterior designs.

COMMON DESIGNS: Usually done in medium and/or thin white lines, occasional hatching, occasional solid elements.

KEY DIFFERENCES: White designs on a red slip.

VARIETIES: Non-smudged and smudged interiors.

COMMENTS: Woodbury and Woodbury describe this type in the book titled: "The Excavation of Hawikuh" by Frederick Webb Hodge (Smith, Woodbury and Woodbury 1966;314-315). Stating that this type was found at Hawikuh and Kechipawan (two prehistoric pueblos near Zuni, New Mexico).

  

 

1N White-on-Red Bowl with interior and exterior designs.

  

 

2Y This White-on-Red olla contains "spirit breaks" in both the upper and lower banding lines.

Approximate Dimensions: 6 1/2" or 16.5 cm. by 5 1/4" or 13.5 cm.

 

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