Another mystery vessel. This piece came from a collection along the Arizona - California border. The temper has mica along with some white fleck of possible shell. There is was a cache of 10 human clay figures found in 1931 in the Coachella Valley, some of them were incised and somewhat similar to this one with round incised eyes. In 1943 a report concluded that the clay figures from the Coachella Valle were related to peripheral Hohokam. This vessel does not appear to be from the Hohokam time line. Another suggestion was that it could be Mojave considering the form and design, sometimes the designs were incised into the clay before firing then usually covered with a fugitive red iron oxide paint. Although, no traces of paint can be verified.
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