TYPE: St. Johns Polychrome

DATE: A.D. 1175 to 1300 (Carlson, 1970;39)

BOWL DESIGN PLACEMENT: Primary interior designs, secondary exterior designs.

COMMON DESIGNS: Designs are the same as found on Cibola Whiteware: Tularosa Black-on-White interiors, occasionally white paint outlining black designs on interiors. Exteriors usually have broad white painted designs on the red exteriors. Framing lines are usually the same size as the hatching lines but occasionally on exceptionally fine hatched specimens the framing lines may be wider.

KEY DIFFERENCES: The design differences are the same as Tularosa Black-on-White. Exteriors white line width can vary from 3mm to 12mm wide but is usually 6mm or 7mm.

  

1N Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Bowl

 

 

2Y Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Bowl.

The interior of this bowl has a matte glaze in many places.

Approximate Dimensions: 12 3/4" by 6"

 

 

3Y Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Bowl.

The wide framing lines and having only four swirls in the layout of this large bowl

suggests that it is a late example.

Approximate Dimensions: 12 3/4" by 5 5/8"

 

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4N Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Bowl

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5N Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Bowl with Bighorn Sheep exterior design.

Approximate Dimensions: 10 3/4" by 5"

 

  

6Y Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Bowl Shard with Big Horn Sheep Exterior Design.

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7N Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Ladle

 

  

8N Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Jar

 

 

9N Anasazi/Mogollon St Johns Polychrome Jar

 

 

 

10N Anasazi/Mogollon St. Johns Polychrome with Stylized Effigy Handle

Approximate Dimensions: 5 7/8 " by 2 5/8"

 

11Y Anasazi/Mogollon St. Johns Polychrome Plate with an alien or mythical

being painted in the bottom. This vessel was once a bowl, it had been ground down in prehistoric times.

Approximate Dimensions: 10 3/8 " by 1 3/4"

 

 

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