NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY

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AFTER SEVERAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS PIECE OF POTTERY I HAVE CONCLUDED IT IS MUCH OLDER THAN EVEN THE SEVERAL NATIVE AMERICAN ANTIQUE DEALERS AS WELL AS THE ZUNI MUSEUM IN MEW MEXICO HAVE PLACED IT. ALSO CONSIDERING THE PRISTINE CONDITION IT WAS FOUND AND MAINTAINED THE VALUE MAY BE MUCH HIGHER THAN I ANTICIPATED FOUND IN A DIG IN ARIZONA IN EARLY 1940'S. I PURCHASED THIS IN 1990 FROM THE GRANDSON OF THE MAN WHO UNCOVERED THIS POTTERY ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ZUNI ARTIFACTS. OBVIOUSLY HAND MADE WITH ANIMAL FETISH ON ONE SIDE. I'VE KEPT IT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS NO CRACKS OR CHIPS. IT WEIGHTS 3 1/2 LBS AND MEASURES 6"TALL AND 7" DIAMETER WITH A 4 1/2" OPENING ON TOP. IT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN. PICTURES ONLY SHOWN TO THE PUEBLO OF ZUNI IN NEW MEXICO, THEY WERE AMAZED AT THE CONDITION. THEY DATED IT TO THE VERY EARLY 1900'S OR EVEN EARLIER BUT WOULD NEED THE ACTUAL PIECE FOR MORE EXACT DATING. I'VE ADDED A PICTURE OF AN ANTIQUE ABORIGINAL POTTERY PRINT-ZUNI-ARIZONA, FOUND IN A DIG AT A CLIFF DWELLING IN ARIZONA FOR COMPARISON TO THE STYLE I AM OFFERING FOR SALE. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ZUNI ARTIFACTS FOUND AT THE SAME DIG MINE WAS DISCOVERED WHICH I ALSO PURCHASED AND SOLD AT VARIOUS ANTIQUE SHOWS. I HELD ON TO THIS POTTERY FOR MY OWN ENJOYMENT OVER THE YEARS.