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SKU: 25-0760

Historic Papago Desert Cook Pot Pottery

$580.00

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Mid 19th Century

11.625" H x 10.5" D

Hand Coiled Clay Pot Made for Cooking with a Bulbous Body and 1.5" Flared Rim

In Very Good Condition with Minor Rim Wear and a Small Hole on the Side

Historic Papago (Tohono O’odham) desert cook pot pottery is a traditional utilitarian vessels made by the Tohono O’odham people (formerly called Papago) of southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. These pots were everyday tools for cooking, especially boiling beans, soups, and stews, and were widely used and traded in the region from the Spanish colonial period through the early 20th century. 

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Papago - Tohono O'odham

Year Range: 1850 - 1875

Region: Southwest

Dimensions: 11.63 in10.5 in

Category: Pottery - Historic

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