Mexican/South American relic for ID pls

not sure what this is.
came as part of my earlier lot. Has some markings/signature on the front and side.
Any info is always appreciated.

Thanks

 

Based on the animal form feet, and the faces near the rim, I think this may be a piece made for tourists, using motifs from the Mexican pre-columbian site of Teotihuacan.

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/a.d.-teotihuacan?mediatype=photography&phrase=a.d. teotihuacan&sort=mostpopular

I cannot make sense of the writing, which appears to be a name.

 

Not Pueblo. No way is this Pueblo pottery.
Could be Mexican, like @2manybooks says.

 

the writing says ' m Ricnerdoa ..and the date 1928


I will change the title to 'Mexican/South American' for better clarity
Thanks

 

An article by Thomas H. Charlton - "Modern Ceramics in the Teotihuacan Valley" - seems to describe your object quite well. The article is included in Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Cultural Expressions from the Fourth World, edited by Nelson Graburn. University of California Press, 1977, (pgs. 139-140):

One variety of pottery produced is "polished black with incised designs into which a white pigment has been rubbed".... "The forms of the unglazed pottery vary, but frequently emphasize "archaeological" themes such as pyramid forms, dishes with variations of the Aztec calendar stone, elaborate figurines, and vessels with figurine heads applied as decorative elements. These wares appear to be designed for the tourist trade rather than domestic use....The incised white-on-black ware dates back at least to the 1880s and may have started as early as the beginning of the nineteenth century."

 

Thank you 2manybooks, you may be right. Appreciate taking the time to research the info!

dang! .. my Goodwill pile is getting bigger

 

I share your sentiments. Wifey has to choose as to who ends up in the pile