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Title
Escondida style olla.
Description
Casas Grandes ollas express over and over the concept of duality, a very important part of their cosmology. Duality manifests itself on the neck, the red and striped black triangles. The large squares with two opposite repeated images, the black 'P' or 'D' shape reversed, and the abstracted 'W' serpent form and the abstract macaw bird form.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Escondida style olla.
Description
Casas Grandes ollas express over and over the concept of duality, a very important part of their cosmology. Duality manifests itself on the neck, the red and striped black triangles. The large squares with two opposite repeated images, the black 'P' or 'D' shape reversed, and the abstracted 'W' serpent form and the abstract macaw bird form.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Escondida style olla.
Description
Casas Grandes ollas express over and over the concept of duality, a very important part of their cosmology. Duality manifests itself on the neck, the red and striped black triangles. The large squares with two opposite repeated images, the black 'P' or 'D' shape reversed, and the abstracted 'W' serpent form and the abstract macaw bird form.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Escondida style olla.
Description
Casas Grandes ollas express over and over the concept of duality, a very important part of their cosmology. Duality manifests itself on the neck, the red and striped black triangles. The large squares with two opposite repeated images, the black 'P' or 'D' shape reversed, and the abstracted 'W' serpent form and the abstract macaw bird form.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Escondida style olla.
Description
Casas Grandes ollas express over and over the concept of duality, a very important part of their cosmology. Duality manifests itself on the neck, the red and striped black triangles. The large squares with two opposite repeated images, the black 'P' or 'D' shape reversed, and the abstracted 'W' serpent form and the abstract macaw bird form.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Escondida style olla.
Description
Casas Grandes ollas express over and over the concept of duality, a very important part of their cosmology. Duality manifests itself on the neck, the red and striped black triangles. The large squares with two opposite repeated images, the black 'P' or 'D' shape reversed, and the abstracted 'W' serpent form and the abstract macaw bird form.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : QB design in central diamond.
Description
Duality has been expressed in the repetition of mirror images: the two reverse 'P' shapes; the two step forms; and the two panel design.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : QB design in central diamond.
Description
Duality has been expressed in the repetition of mirror images: the two reverse 'P' shapes; the two step forms; and the two panel design.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : QB design in central diamond.
Description
Duality has been expressed in the repetition of mirror images: the two reverse 'P' shapes; the two step forms; and the two panel design.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : QB design in central diamond.
Description
Duality has been expressed in the repetition of mirror images: the two reverse 'P' shapes; the two step forms; and the two panel design.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : QB design in central diamond.
Description
Duality has been expressed in the repetition of mirror images: the two reverse 'P' shapes; the two step forms; and the two panel design.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : QB design in central diamond.
Description
Duality has been expressed in the repetition of mirror images: the two reverse 'P' shapes; the two step forms; and the two panel design.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture]
Date
between 1000 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Square Bowl: Four Angled Sides.
Description
The sides of this bowl have been flattened to produced a four sided bowl. Different designs have been painted inside and out with black or red pigments to emphasize the duality concept.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Square Bowl: Four Angled Sides.
Description
The sides of this bowl have been flattened to produced a four sided bowl. Different designs have been painted inside and out with black or red pigments to emphasize the duality concept.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Square Bowl: Four Angled Sides.
Description
The sides of this bowl have been flattened to produced a four sided bowl. Different designs have been painted inside and out with black or red pigments to emphasize the duality concept.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Square Bowl: Four Angled Sides.
Description
The sides of this bowl have been flattened to produced a four sided bowl. Different designs have been painted inside and out with black or red pigments to emphasize the duality concept.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Square Bowl: Four Angled Sides.
Description
The sides of this bowl have been flattened to produced a four sided bowl. Different designs have been painted inside and out with black or red pigments to emphasize the duality concept.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Square Bowl: Four Angled Sides.
Description
The sides of this bowl have been flattened to produced a four sided bowl. Different designs have been painted inside and out with black or red pigments to emphasize the duality concept.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1450
Title
Ramos black & tan seed jar.
Description
The seed jar has been painted with a black claw design. Since the vessel has a black design on a cream slip ground, it is considered a bichrome.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1600
Title
Ramos black & tan seed jar.
Description
The seed jar has been painted with a black claw design. Since the vessel has a black design on a cream slip ground, it is considered a bichrome.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1600
Title
Ramos black & tan seed jar.
Description
The seed jar has been painted with a black claw design. Since the vessel has a black design on a cream slip ground, it is considered a bichrome.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1600
Title
Ramos black & tan seed jar.
Description
The seed jar has been painted with a black claw design. Since the vessel has a black design on a cream slip ground, it is considered a bichrome.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1600
Title
Ramos black & tan seed jar.
Description
The seed jar has been painted with a black claw design. Since the vessel has a black design on a cream slip ground, it is considered a bichrome.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1600
Title
Ramos black & tan seed jar.
Description
The seed jar has been painted with a black claw design. Since the vessel has a black design on a cream slip ground, it is considered a bichrome.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1600
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Circular Bowl: Two Spiral Designs
Description
The circular bowl has been divided into four basic triangles. One quadrant represents the step design, a symbol for mountains and the other quadrant a spiral design, the symbol for water. The design repeats itself.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Circular Bowl: Two Spiral Designs
Description
The circular bowl has been divided into four basic triangles. One quadrant represents the step design, a symbol for mountains and the other quadrant a spiral design, the symbol for water. The design repeats itself.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Circular Bowl: Two Spiral Designs
Description
The circular bowl has been divided into four basic triangles. One quadrant represents the step design, a symbol for mountains and the other quadrant a spiral design, the symbol for water. The design repeats itself.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Circular Bowl: Two Spiral Designs
Description
The circular bowl has been divided into four basic triangles. One quadrant represents the step design, a symbol for mountains and the other quadrant a spiral design, the symbol for water. The design repeats itself.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Circular Bowl: Two Spiral Designs
Description
The circular bowl has been divided into four basic triangles. One quadrant represents the step design, a symbol for mountains and the other quadrant a spiral design, the symbol for water. The design repeats itself.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small Ramos Polychrome Circular Bowl: Two Spiral Designs
Description
The circular bowl has been divided into four basic triangles. One quadrant represents the step design, a symbol for mountains and the other quadrant a spiral design, the symbol for water. The design repeats itself.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small ramos polychrome circular bowl : triangular net design : macaw head.
Description
A circular bowl with four triangles incorporate a net design as well as an abstract macaw head. The design executed with a red-brown pigment on the inside of the bowl repeats to complete the design, a basic concept of Casas Grandes ceramics.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small ramos polychrome circular bowl : triangular net design : macaw head.
Description
A circular bowl with four triangles incorporate a net design as well as an abstract macaw head. The design executed with a red-brown pigment on the inside of the bowl repeats to complete the design, a basic concept of Casas Grandes ceramics.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small ramos polychrome circular bowl : triangular net design : macaw head.
Description
A circular bowl with four triangles incorporate a net design as well as an abstract macaw head. The design executed with a red-brown pigment on the inside of the bowl repeats to complete the design, a basic concept of Casas Grandes ceramics.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small ramos polychrome circular bowl : triangular net design : macaw head.
Description
A circular bowl with four triangles incorporate a net design as well as an abstract macaw head. The design executed with a red-brown pigment on the inside of the bowl repeats to complete the design, a basic concept of Casas Grandes ceramics.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small ramos polychrome circular bowl : triangular net design : macaw head.
Description
A circular bowl with four triangles incorporate a net design as well as an abstract macaw head. The design executed with a red-brown pigment on the inside of the bowl repeats to complete the design, a basic concept of Casas Grandes ceramics.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Small ramos polychrome circular bowl : triangular net design : macaw head.
Description
A circular bowl with four triangles incorporate a net design as well as an abstract macaw head. The design executed with a red-brown pigment on the inside of the bowl repeats to complete the design, a basic concept of Casas Grandes ceramics.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Description
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Description
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Description
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Description
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Description
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Description
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1450
Title
Babicora polychrome bowl.
Description
Decorating this Babicora polychrome vessel are four continuous abstract triangular elements. The bands alternate black, red, black, and red. The red and black elements do not touch.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Babicora polychrome bowl.
Description
Decorating this Babicora polychrome vessel are four continuous abstract triangular elements. The bands alternate black, red, black, and red. The red and black elements do not touch.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Babicora polychrome bowl.
Description
Decorating this Babicora polychrome vessel are four continuous abstract triangular elements. The bands alternate black, red, black, and red. The red and black elements do not touch.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Babicora polychrome bowl.
Description
Decorating this Babicora polychrome vessel are four continuous abstract triangular elements. The bands alternate black, red, black, and red. The red and black elements do not touch.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Babicora polychrome bowl.
Description
Decorating this Babicora polychrome vessel are four continuous abstract triangular elements. The bands alternate black, red, black, and red. The red and black elements do not touch.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Babicora polychrome bowl.
Description
Decorating this Babicora polychrome vessel are four continuous abstract triangular elements. The bands alternate black, red, black, and red. The red and black elements do not touch.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Ramos black and tan mini bowl.
Description
A small offering bowl has been decorated with a black serpentine design that suggests a double headed serpent. The black residue on the bichrome slip might be copal.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes., Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Ramos black and tan mini bowl.
Description
A small offering bowl has been decorated with a black serpentine design that suggests a double headed serpent. The black residue on the bichrome slip might be copal.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Casas Grandes., Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
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