Ancestral Puebloan Pot Shard Pendant

Kite shaped pendant of chalky gray with a few bold brown strokes.

This pot shard pendant in pottery, pigment and sterling silver is Ancestral Puebloan, from N America, and is ca. 1000. Ancestral Puebloan pottery was typically coiled by hand, then painted with mineral or plant pigment and fired, often with black designs on a light surface. Here, a tall, pointed shape bordered in a slim bright metal band, hung from a pinched bail. The surface is a matte gray cream with two or three long brown stripes, worn and faded in patches. The tip points downward. It is 1.25 inches long, 0.25 deep and 2.5 high.

Plain faced, brightly framed, and quietly well mannered.