TSEGI ORANGE
WARE
--> MEDICINE
BLACK-ON-RED
--> TUSAYAN
BLACK-ON-RED
--> CAMERON
POLYCHROME
--> CITADEL
POLYCHROME
--> TSEGI
RED-ON-ORANGE
--> TSEGI
BLACK-ON-ORANGE
--> TSEGI
POLYCHROME
--> TUSAYAN
POLYCHROME
--> KAYENTA
POLYCHROME
--> KIET
SIEL POLYCHROME
MEDICINE BLACK-ON-RED
DESCRIPTION: CORE: Construction: by coiling. Fired: in oxidizing
atmosphere. Core: black to gray; dark brown (rare) to brick red.
Carbon streak: common. Temper: sand and sherd. Vessel walls: medium
strong to strong. Texture core: medium to fine. Surface finish:
bowls sometimes bumpy; polished, horizontal polishing marks conspicuous
around vessel; both surfaces bowls, exterior surface jar forms
slipped; slip generally thick with temper extruding; slip flakes
off large areas of heavily weathered sherds leaving core mottled
yellow with temper; generally coarsely crazed. Surface color:
red; interior jar forms tan; color surface and core contrast.
Fire clouds: common. Forms: bowls, jars. Thickness: jar walls:
3.7 to 5.0 mm; average about 4.5 mm. bowl walls: 2.7 to 6.3 mm;
average 4.5 mm.
DECORATION: painted. Paint: black, generally dull, flat, rarely
metallic sheen, frequently reflects light; sometimes flakes off.
Pigment: manganese. Decoration: confined to interior surface bowls;
exterior surface jars. Patterns: geometric; generally pendant
from rim; rim sometimes decorated in part. Element: narrow lines
(uncommon), solid areas, broad lines, stripes, triangles.
COMPARISON: Tusayan Black-on-Red has decoration mostly narrow
or wide horizontal or diagonal hachures in rectangular or curved
panels; never solid elements?, often one to four horizontal lines
below rim.
RANGE: Northern Arizona.
