Pre Columbian? Native American? Primitive Pottery Ewer or Pitcher

Don't really know what to call this. It has been repaired. Looks older than dirt when dirt was a rock. This is my second "interesting item" found in a box lot at a local auction. Measures about 9 inches tall. Whatcha think?

 

Looks sort of Mississippian, but it is generic enough that it could be from almost anywhere and any time period - Anglo-Saxon to African.

Can it stand on its own on a flat surface, or is the base too round? This would tell us if it is from a culture that typically sets thing down on the ground (prehistoric/ethnographic), or if perhaps it needed to be drained in one go (like a Viking horn cup).

 

It will stand on it's own but I don't think it was meant to be that way. It requires a bit of a balancing act to do so.

 

It seems a little big to be an individual drinking vessel, but I suppose it could have been used to dip into a larger vat and distribute to smaller containers.
Can you tell us in what country you acquired this (I assume some stubbornly non-metric place like the US, as you say 9"), and what other finds were in the auction box? The associations might narrow down some of the options.

 

I am in Arizona It came with the "ming" incense burner and floral pitcher/ewer I have posted. Yeah, I know, none of it is related!

 

Hmm. We may have to wait for more opinions. Perhaps @komokwa or @Taupou have seen something like it before.

 

All pottery.

I know nothing, just making observations. The impressed decoration below the rim seems distinctive. Very simple technique. The handle does not look very good for pouring, either into other vessels or down the throat, at least, not one-handed. The body shape looks quite symmetrical & the mouth quite round (hard to tell about this) while the lip is somewhat irregular. It's red clay with a blackened surface? Doesn't seem like the sort of thing anyone would want as a reproduction. Maybe that's just me.