A rare Sankawi black-on-cream jar
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A rare Sankawi black-on-cream jar
Painted on the pronounced low shoulder and high neck in bands of conjoined dotted diamonds or triangles, a paw motif coincides with a ritual break in the multiple framing lines, minor restoration.
height 10 1/2in, diameter 14in
Sold for US$ 1,875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The seeming paw-form motif, commonly seen in Rio Grande biscuit-ware vessels, has sometimes been referred to in association with the Avanyu, or traditional Pueblo water serpent.

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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