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Hello everybody I was hoping that I could get some info on the Native American pottery artifact my dads camera isn't so good so these are the best pics I have it measures about 6 1/2" if I could figure the tribe any any guess on age it would be great for the dad thanks

 

I don't know if these edits are any better.

 

Thank you "say it slowly"I can see the details better I was trying that myself but just wasn't working so I figured to heck with it. Thanks again

 

It looks a little NA.....but not the bottom...to me anyways !
NA pottery.....no my strong suit ....

 

Looks NA to me. Can you take better pictures, please? I am just seeing tan blobs with NA swirly things. Can't even tell if it is old or new.
If it is old, as in centuries, this kind of design comes to mind, minus bird heads:

 

Thanks everyone for the comments the pottery came from a estate that contained a huge Native American collection with thousands of Native American artifacts but my dad didn't ask anything about the bowl so I thought I would try here ,and his phone camera stinks thanks again everyone .

 

Do you know if there were any Moundbuilder items in the collection? Ancient Southeast, Mississipi River, Ohio River areas?
That is what this could be, if I interpret the swirly blob correctly.

 

Hello any jewlery I'm really not sure my dad was told it was a collection obtained here in Arizona over the mans 65 years of collecting native Americans artifacts the estate was nothing but pottery thousands of arrowheads stone tools grinding stones everything you could Imigine .i will update new pictures next weekend when back at dads thanks again.we where thinking it was red Papago pottery ..

 

I'm wondering if it's Maricopa. I'll pull out a couple of books to see if that might be close but there is someone who will know I'm sure.

@Taupou

 

The Maricopa (Piipaash) use swirls, but usually as border patterns around a pot.
The Tohono O'odham/Papago not so much. I'm sure Taupou will know.

 

I would agree that it's probably Maricopa. That interlocking swirl pattern is one of the main identifying features, found on lots of Maricopa pottery. And the book Dirt for Making Things, by Janet Stoeppelmann and Mary Fernald, actually shows a photo of a bowl with a different design than this on the inside, but what looks like that same type of freehand swirling lines on the outside.

That's another main feature of Maricopa pottery, the forms and design patterns are seldom duplicated. It's fairly easy to identify as Maricopa, but every piece seems to be unique.

It's possible, though, that it is Tohono O'odham. In his book Southwestern Pottery, Anasazi to Zuni Allan Hayes says that Maricopa "is really nothing more than O'odham pottery copied and improved upon." He points out that they were allies, shared a reservation, ideas, and made similar pots. But one difference is in the craftsmanship of the pottery. Maricopa pots tend to have a smoother, more even-polished surface, while O'odham pots often show polishing marks. (And I can't really tell if that's what I'm seeing in the photos.) But definitely from southern Arizona, Maricopa or O'odham.

 

Thank you for your reply taupou you had some great info like always you guys are great thanks again. Matt