Hand built ceramic dish with black on black decoration
Burnished pottery base
Matte slip painted scalloped design
Diameter: 4 in (10 cm)
Height: 2.5 in (6 cm)
Hand formed from native (noncommercial) clay
Fired outdoors in a reduced oxygen environment (to achieve black coloring)
Appears a little rough hewn
Possibly a child or beginning potter's work
Lots of asymmetry and surface wear
Unsigned, most likely from a New Mexico Pueblo (Native American craftsmanship has not been verified)
