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 A round pot with a wide opening, with black and red geometric designs over a tan base color
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 A round pot with a wide opening, with black and red geometric designs over a tan base color

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bowl with pattern around the brim
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bowl with pattern around the brim

Wide bowl with brown geometric markings along top. From Otero County, New Mexico

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slightly cracked wide-mouthed bowl with lines around the rim
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slightly cracked wide-mouthed bowl with lines around the rim

Bowl. Brown exterior, grey slipped interior with black geometric designs in the form of bands. Each band has 6-3-6 lines. Southwest New Mexico region. Approximate size is 12cm high, 23cm diameter

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Wide bottomed clay vessel with a small opening, light brown with a two color geometric design
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Wide bottomed clay vessel with a small opening, light brown with a two color geometric design

Polychrome vessel.

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Vessel with sheep design
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Vessel with sheep design

Polychrome efficy vessel.

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light colored vessel with dark geometric designs, a small opening and a handle
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light colored vessel with dark geometric designs, a small opening and a handle

White slipped exterior with black geometric design. Handle from neck to shoulder. Mogollon. Approximate size is 13.5cm high, 15.6cm diameter, .6cm thick

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brown wide-mouthed bowl with simple geometric design
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brown wide-mouthed bowl with simple geometric design

Brown exterior, red slipped interior, black painted geometric designs on the interior and exterior. Mogollon, from Otero County, New Mexico. Approximate size is 10cm high, 25cm diameter

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Round with a medium opening, with textured design
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Round with a medium opening, with textured design

Corrugated cooking vessel. Hopi - Anasazi, northern Arizona. Approximate size is 12.5cm high, 15cm in diameter

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Horizontal Vessel with pointed end
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Horizontal Vessel with pointed end

Gourd shaped vessel with finger nail impressions on upper surface. Reportedly from the Tusayan site. Approximate size 12.5cm high, 28cm long, 14cm wide

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Bowl with black and red design around brim
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Bowl with black and red design around brim

Wide bowl with red markings and a darker ring around the top.

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vessel with dark linear pattern and a lip at the opening
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vessel with dark linear pattern and a lip at the opening

Black on white bowl with holes drilled around neck just below the lip.

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