Pre Colombian Poly Chrome Pottery, Cases Grande Hominoid Vase, #913 Sold

Pre ColombianCasas Grande Hominoid Vase913: Description: Polychrome Pottery Casas Grandes, New Mexico, 850-1336 AC.Dimensions: 8.8" x 8.4 inches.Condition: Excellent for its age.Provenance is: Collection of Professor G, Poitiers, France. He was a literature university teacher in many countries all over the world and had a very large collection of cultural art. Some 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,