Santa Cruz Red-on-Buff was the characteristic pottery type during the Santa Cruz phase of Colonial Hohokam culture. Vessels are made with the paddle and anvil, and are tempered using a mix of sand and mica. Vessel walls are extremely thin. As in earlier Hohokam pottery, small repeated motifs are common, but negative painting is also seen, where the buff of the vessel shows through the applied red paint and creates the design. 

Characteristics

Paste: Buff tending toward pink
Temper: Mica flakes
Surface: Light buff slip, smooth but unpolished
Forms: Bowls with flaring rims, jars with flaring rims, scoops, ladles, plates
Design: Small repeated elements in parallel bands or panels, some negative designs

OLLA 7-1/2" high Museum Exchange LMA 16411

OLLA (DETAIL) Museum Exchange LMA 16411

SHERD Gift of Gila Pueblo LMA 21033

SHERD Gift of Gila Pueblo LMA 21033

SHERD Gift of Gila Pueblo LMA 21033

SHERD Mattocks Ruin, Mimbres, New Mexico LMA 21191

SHERD Mattocks Ruin, Mimbres, New Mexico LMA 21191