Object ID: 1982.02.04

Gila Polychrome Bowl

The Salado people of the Tonto Basin in Arizona made polychrome pottery vessels like this one. Archaeologists hypothesize that Salado culture was created by the mixing of Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam people in the Tonto Basin in the AD 1200s. Can you see elements of each culture’s pottery technology in this vessel?

Catalog Record

Culture/Ethnicity: Salado

Object Name: Vessel

Other Name: Bowl

Artist/Creator: NA

Locale: NA

Use: Domestic Use

Construction: Coiled

Height: 0

Length: 0

Width: 0

Location: Kent Hall, East Gallery, Unit_12, Shelf_3

Description: White ceramic bowl with black spiral and stripe designs on interior and a red, polished exterior.

Source: Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Babey