Ladle. Ceramic, handle curved at top with hole, fabric tie for hanging, kachina face design in dark brown and red on cream ground on interior of bowl, brown framing lines, alternating red and brown dots around rim and on handle. Molded, painted, cotton cloth. Length 22.8 cm.; diameter of bowl 12.5 cm. Reference: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. “Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery,” 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington D.C., 1919, p. 276
Donor:
George H. Pepper and Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Hano, First Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Hano
Culture or time period:
Hopi-Tewa
Collector:
George H. Pepper
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ladles
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22.8 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 215. Context of use: Original catalog card in accession envelope. References: Fewkes, Jesse Walter. "Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery", 33rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D.C., 1919, pp. 276.
Loans:
S1976-1977 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (February 1, 1977–February 2, 1977)