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Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Tohono O’odham (Papago), ca. early 20th century CE. A massive plainware pottery storage jar or olla vessel with a broad neck and deep interior. The jar rests on a rounded base, likely for burying slightly in the ground to stay upright. The walls are slightly carinated near the base, then swell outward and up to a taper neck and flared rim. The vessel was formed by coiling and scraping to a smooth surface then fired, with nice dark firing cloud patterns across the plain surface. Large pottery vessels such as this were for utilitarian storage or cooking containers, this example was likely used for the latter due to the deep fire-darkening on the surface. The Tohono O’odham are a group of Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of eastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. “Tohono O’odham” means “Desert People”. The governmental entity for the tribe is the Tohono O’odham Nation. Size: 10.7″ Diameter x 11.9″ H (27.2 cm x 30.2 cm)
Although the Tohono O’odham were previously known as the Papago, (meaning “tepary-bean eater”), they have largely rejected this name. It was applied to them by conquistadores who had heard them called this by other Piman bands that were very competitive with the Tohono O’odham. The term Papago derives from Ba:bawiko’a, meaning “eating tepary beans.” That word was pronounced “papago” by the Spanish.
Please note this item may fall under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and may not be eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
Condition: Professionally repaired and restored, all done very well and difficult to notice. Surface wear with abrasions, flaking, and fire-darkening commensurate with use and age as shown. Rich earthen deposits and encrustations throughout.
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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