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Babicora Polychrome (Babícora Polícromo)

Diameter: 25 centimeters
Maxwell Museum Catalogue No. 65.24.35
Source: unknown

Typical characteristics of Babicora Polychrome include:

• The paste is tan to brown, often with a slight carbon streak.
• The surface is unslipped but polished.
• The red and black paint do not touch.
• The linework is bold, and often incorporates opposed (red versus black) scrolls and opposed (red versus black) stepped elements. The stepped elements are typically based on acute-angle triangles rather than on right triangles.

Di Peso distinguished the "standard variant" with bold linework (and occasional textured rims) from a "Paquimé variant" with fine linework reminiscent of Ramos Polychrome.

There is no hard and fast division between Babicora Polychrome and its ancestral type Santa Ana Polychrome. In Babicora Polychromes, the spaces between lines have become wider than the lines. Also, the designs tend to be more sophisticated, involving opposed solds and scrolls as well as multiple lines.

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