Native American, Historic Hopi Pottery Canteen, Ca 1950's, #1440 SOLD

Native American, Historic Hopi Pottery Canteen, Ca 1950's, #1440Description:#1440 Native American, Historic Hopi Pottery Canteen, Ca 1950's. Handmade. Maker: Unknown Hopi potter. Approx. Age: Circa mid-century or a little older. A basket was evidently used as a turn table when the piece was crafted because you can still see the basket weaving in the clay. Dimensions: Size: Measures 8”w x 9-7/8”h. Condition: Very good for its age, normal wear expected.Provenance: Cheryl M. Carpentier, New River, AZ. A History of Pueblo Pottery:“Pueblo pottery is made using a coiled technique that came into northern Arizona and New Mexico from the south, some 1500 years ago. In the four-corners region of the US, nineteen pueblos and villages have historically produced pottery. Although each of these pueblos use similar traditional methods of coiling, shaping, finishing and firing, the pottery from each is distinctive. Various clay's gathered from each pueblo’s local sources produce pottery colors that ra