Pre-Historic Hohokam Figure Pottery

ca. 1000-1250 AD

5.75" H x 6.625" L x 4.875" W + 1.125" H x 3" L Handle with 2.5" D Opening

Hand Made from Local Clay and Fired in Open Pits with Buff Colored Body and Red Painted Geometric Designs Using Iron Rich Hematite Slip with Duck Shaped Body 

Excellent Condition

The Hohokam culture (c. 300–1500 CE) flourished in the Sonoran Desert of present-day southern Arizona, particularly along the Salt and Gila Rivers. Renowned for their sophisticated irrigation systems, ballcourts, and red-on-buff pottery, the Hohokam also produced distinctive anthropomorphic figurines made of clay—often referred to as Hohokam figure pottery.

Hohokam figure pottery represents a unique blend of artistry, ritual, and daily life in the pre-Hispanic Southwest. While not as refined as Mimbres or Pueblo ceramics, these red-on-buff anthropomorphic figurines offer a window into Hohokam worldview—likely tied to fertility, ancestry, and the agricultural cycle that sustained their desert civilization for over a millennium.