Ancestral Puebloan Pot Shard Pendant

Nested black chevrons turn a broken scrap into a tiny graphic poster.

This pot shard pendant in pottery, pigment and sterling silver is Ancestral Puebloan, from N America, and is ca. 1000. The Ancestral Puebloan people lived in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, and they are known for their cliff dwellings and fine painted pottery. An angular, irregular fragment painted with bold black bands that meet in sharp corners on a cream ground. A bright metal ring passes through a drilled hole at the top and holds a small hook. The edges are rough and chipped. It is 2.25 inches long, 0.25 deep and 3.25 high.

Broken once, then given a second career as jewelry.