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Tarahumara Rarámuri Mexican Pottery Vessel

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 700.00 USD
Tarahumara Rarámuri Mexican Pottery Vessel
Featured in this lot is this Tarahumara Rarámuri Mexican pottery vessel. The pottery vessel shows a wonderfully and professionally crafted coil made pottery vessel that shows a rounded base and a graduated side walling the pottery vessel shows a orange to brown coloration of the ceramic material. The Rarámuri are believed to be descended from a people of the Mogollon culture. The Rarámuri repulsed and were never conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors or fully converted by the Jesuit missionaries. When the Spanish arrived in the 1500s, they called this native people the "Tarahumara". The condition of this pottery vessel is good that shows some some wear from age and use but otherwise is in good overall condition. The measurements of this pottery vessel are 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 13 1/2".