ABORIGINAL GRAY/BLACK POTTERY PITCHER OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROUP. In gourd shaped-form (double somewhat squat round form, with top or higher squat round form having a smaller circumference than the lower round form, which has segments [divided by curved vertical clefts] on the side) A wide open curved spout running from the top to the center of the pitcher, with a snake handle curling around the body of the pitcher and "biting" the pitcher at the base of the spout. - 11 1/4 in. x 7 7/8 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.
