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

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TSEGI BLACK-ON-ORANGE
DESCRIPTION
CORE: Construction: by coiling and scraping. Fired: in oxidizing atmosphere Core: black to gray, dark brown (rare) to brick-red Carbon streak: common. Temper: about equal amounts of quartz sand and crushed sherd; temper noticeable on surfaces, sometimes conspicuous especially on worn or polished surfaces. Vessel walls: medium strong to strong. Texture core: medium. Fracture: slightly crumbling to shattering. Surface finish: bowls, usually somewhat bumpy, sometimes polished; scraping and polishing marks often invisible but sometimes conspicuous, sometimes pitted, both surfaces of bowls compacted. Surface color: orange, color surface and core usually do not contrast. Fire clouds: common. Forms: bowls predominate, dipper rare, jars uncommon. Thickness: 3.1 to 6.7 mm; average 4.8 mm. Decoration: black paint. bowls: 2 to 5 horizontal lines on interior surface just below rim; occasionally one stripe below rim; wall decoration scarce; sometimes hachured panel or series of parallel lines; bowl bases undecorated; frequently rim painted with wide lines.
RANGE: Marsh Pass and the Tsegi canyons, Navajo County, Arizona.