Native American Pottery Frog

Hey guys
Thanks for having me here.
I wanted to share a recent estate sale find and see if someone could give me and information on it.
The pot is 5.5 inches tall at its highest point.
Has P1015 Frog DN-DST in marker on the bottom
Then some more numbers on top
Any help would be great !

 

It's trying to be a Native American item. But whether it's really one, or something else will require an expert. @Taupou Can you help please?

 

the black writing is newer.......above it...not so much...
my 1st thought is a Museum deaccession ..

 

Yes, that's what the numbers would lead one to believe.

Debora

 

There is a well known family of Hopi potters by the name of Nampeyo, there is a Daisy, Dan, and Dextra (DN?).

Not finding examples of this form of frog decoration by this family.

James.

 

I'm thinking it might be Mata Ortiz.

 

No, it isn't Hopi, or Native American. It's Mexican, from the village of Mata Ortiz.

When the pottery first came on the market in the 1980s, many of the potters copied pre-historic pottery from the nearby ruins of Paquime, which was a Casas Grandes culture that disappeared in the 1400s. Many of their pieces were such good copies that they ended up in museum collections, identified as authentic Casas Grandes pottery.

I would suspect that is what this is. It's definitely not Hopi or Native American, and classic Casas Grandes "style," but unlikely that it's older than the 1980s, and most likely made by Mexican potters, not Native American. None of the potters at Mata Ortiz claim any tribal affiliation, and today most make what the Mexican government classifies as contemporary Mexican Art Pottery.

 

That frog form is turning up in a Mata Ortiz search. Good call!

 

Def agree Mata Ortiz, and also think the 'f' in 'frog' is actually a +. The almost flawless paint doesn't look like it's centuries old.