Reproduction Pre Colombian Casas Grande Smoking Effigy Pot, #930

Reproduction Pre ColombianCasas Grande Poly chrome anthropomorphic effigy pot930. Description: Reporduction Casas Grande Poly chrome anthropomorphic effigy pot Dimension: 5.5" x 6" diameter; Approximate Weight: 1 lb; Condition: Note: Cracks throughout, more prominent along the arms. Wear commensurate to age.Provenance: The William Pierce Estate, Scottsdale AZSome background on Casas Grande Follows:Paquim̩, better known as Casas Grandes, was a major cultural and trade center in the northwestern region of today's Chihuahua state for hundreds of years before the arrival of the Spanish in northern Mexico. Culturally affiliated in many ways to Mesoamerica to the south, Casa Grandes acted as an intermediary between Central American peoples and the Mogollon and Hohokam peoples to the north.Its area of influence reached from central New Mexico in the north to central Chihuahua in the south. Its peak of development occurred in the 13th and 14th centuries. Trade items included shells, copper, po