Native American Acoma Seed Pot, 2” x 2 3/4”, Signed ECM Vtg Early/Mid 1990s.

Description: NOTE: All prices are in USD. Free Domestic shipping. This listing was written from my heart and mind, with a detailed knowledge of and a love for our OOO products. Since June 2023 eBay has been promoting Artificial Intelligence-generated listing descriptions. I am not faulting AI generation. AI is a wonderful development. I just prefer to do it my way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did Christmas gift shopping sneak up on you last year? Oh, NO! Don’t let that happen again! This is a very good time to buy for next Christmas — or for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, Graduations, Birthdays, Quinceaneras, Weddings, Anniversaries, Why not 4th of July? Or even to celebrate Any Day with a very special and unusual gift. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acoma Pueblo Pottery Seed Pot. Tiny little jewel, 2” x 2 3/4”. Signed ECM Acoma NM. Acquired into family collection early/mid 1990s, date uncertain. This miniature Acoma seed pot pot on offer is a beauty of fine-line black-on-white complex geometric design. It was acquired at the Acoma Pueblo sometime in the early/mid 1990s, date uncertain. The body of the pot is a beauty of fine-line black-on-white complex geometric design. It is in good structural condition, it has no cracks, or repairs. It shows minor wear on surface deigns, but is in overall good condition appropriate to its vintage age. Any flaws or damage is noted in the listing and shown in the photographs. The seed pot has been in storage in the family collection, in a pet-free, smoke-free environment. Acoma pottery dates back more than 1,000 years. It is particularly well known for fine-line black-on-white pots with distinctive complex geometric designs and traditional abstract symbols. The designs were inspired by ancestral Puebloans — the Membres, Mogollon, and Chacoan. They are employed along with a combination of life forms in traditional design patterns such as thunderbirds, rainbows, rain, clouds, lightning, and snowflakes. The pots are handcrafted of dense local clay which is considered to be sacred. The clay is strengthened by the addition of pulverized pottery shards, then formed into coils by hand. The coils are shaped into pots and dried. Over the pot a white slip is applied. Patterns are painted using natural mineral paints applied with a brush made of a yucca spike. Before firing the potter strikes the side of the pot and listens for a ringing sound. If the pot does not ring, it will crack during firing, therefore the piece must be destroyed and ground into shards for future use. Finally, on a day when the weather conditions are just right for firing, the finished pieces are pit-fired. Few will be successfully fired, for some will emerge grey rather than the desired white and some will be cracked. Therefore, the creation of a single good pot might consume a period as long as two or three weeks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PAYMENT AND SHIPMENT We ship by USPS First Class which includes tracking and full insurance. RETURNS We recognize that opal and other items of jewelry and art are very personal and emotional purchases. If you feel your item is not as represented please contact us to discuss any issues you may have. If it is agreed the opal will be returned for refund, you may return it in its’ original condition in protective packaging within 7 days of receipt. Refund to the buyer will amount to the purchase price minus all eBay fees and the cost of outbound and return shipping. FEEDBACK Positive Feedback from a satisfied buyer is very important to us. If you are displeased with any aspect of our transaction, please message us so that we may rectify any problem and eliminate the need for negative feedback. We appreciate your business and thank you for trusting Outback Oz Opal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUTBACK OZ OPAL Outback Oz Opal began as a two-Geologist family unit in the middle of a street in Coober Pedy, South Australia where we bought from a gem cutter some finished Opal stones and rough Opal to cut and sell in the US. Subsequent Opal purchases of rough and finished stones were made at the Tucson, AZ Gem and Mineral Show where we developed some valuable friendships with Australian miner-cutter vendors. We learned so much about grading and cutting from them. Eventually we were able to purchase the bulk of our Opal off the kitchen table at our Flagstaff home from miner-cutter dealers who routed through on the gem show circuit (Albuquerque, Durango, Denver, etc). Ultimately one miner stored hundreds of pounds of his rough in a SeaLand container on our property to avoid the expense of returning with unsold goods to Australia. For several years we sold Opal under the name Outback Oz Opal in Flagstaff, AZ. We sold on eBay and locally to Native American artists on the nearby Reservation. Additionally we travelled each month to Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico where we sold from the back of our pickup truck parked “under the tree”. What a dream hobby for two Geologists! But, as is always the case, life happened — a great job opportunity for the Dad in another state and Military service for the Grandson, who had grown up in the business and cut his first Opal fetish when he was in Kindergarten. We have started again to sell our opal, Native American jewelry, and other Native art objects online as OutbackOzOpal on other selling platforms as well as OznAzOpal on eBay. Thank you for looking at our listings and for placing your trust in Outback Oz Opal. 113022.05

Price: 128 USD

Location: Flagstaff, Arizona

End Time: 2024-03-01T02:35:04.000Z

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