ABORIGINAL GRAY/BLACK GLOBULAR POTTERY PITCHER OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROUP. With two exit/influx openings, one emanating from the top center, the other emanating from the side immediately below the top. The tops of both of these openings are flanged. Two full bodied birds standing near the top of the sides of this pitcher have their beaks resting on the top of each of these flanged openings, which serve as decorative handles
- 9 5/8 in. x 8 in. diam. Estimate $700-1,000
See Gray/Black ceramics which manifest birds, fishes, reptiles, snakes and shell decorative forms, as documented in the Bureau of American Ethnology, "Aboriginal Pottery of the Eastern United States" by William Henry Holmes, 20th Annual Report. 1898-1899, U. S. Government Printing Office.
