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Message:: [QUOTE="Taupou, post: 329728, member: 45"]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.[/QUOTE]