This is one of two types of pottery made by the Basket Makers, the other being the undecorated Lino Gray. Lino Black-on-Gray is made from a course gray clay tempered with sand, which often protrudes beyond the surface giving the bowl a rough interior finish. Decoration is simple but carefully painted, often derived from basket or textile patterns.

Characteristics

Paste: Medium gray to white
Temper: Medium to coarse sand, often protruding through surface
Surface: Exterior rough, interior occasionally smoothed, never polished
Forms: Mostly bowls, occasional tall, plain-necked jars
Design: Ticked or fringed lines, sawtooth lines and triangles

BOWL 8" diameter Near Arboles, Colorado Zim Collection LMA 9304

BOWL (DETAIL) 6-1/2" diameter Exchange, Field Museum, Chicago LMA 21051

BOWL 6" diameter 10 miles SE of Blanding, Utah LMA 9257

SHERD LMA Type Collections

SHERD LMA Type Collections