Bowl

Museum number:
2-58456
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020058456
Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Deep bowl, ceramic, polychrome decoration on white slip, round bottom with everted rim; decorated on exterior; brown base, red and brown geometric elements on sides, interior decorated with red and brown geometric design in center, checkerboard on mouth. Coiled and scraped. Label on base, "Zuni".
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Pottery, and Zuni Polychrome (1850–1920 AD)
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Traditional serving and bread mixing bowl.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 29 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-58456, described as Deep bowl, ceramic, polychrome decoration on white slip, round bottom with everted rim; decorated on exterior; brown base, red and brown geometric elements on sides, interior decorated with red and brown geometric design in center, checkerboard on mouth. Coiled and scraped. Label on base, "Zuni".

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