Bowl

Museum number:
2-58475
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Ceramic, black on red, shallow bowl shape with flat bottom; decorated with thin black lines on red slip, running scroll on exterior, variant of scroll on interior. Label on bowl: "Papagoes, Casa Grande, 1893." Black on red slip (black is mesquite gum according to ref.).
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Casa Grande, Casa Grande Ruins, Pinal County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Pinal; Casa Grande
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1893
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.6 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Arrived at museum with rim broken, mended with PVA emulsion (water based white glue). References: Fontana, Bernard L., et al. Papago Indian Pottery, Seattle, 1962. "Identified as Papago Black on Red, see ref. pp. 106-109. This type started in 1894, this specimen was made 1 year earlier.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-58475, described as Ceramic, black on red, shallow bowl shape with flat bottom; decorated with thin black lines on red slip, running scroll on exterior, variant of scroll on interior. Label on bowl: "Papagoes, Casa Grande, 1893." Black on red slip (black is mesquite gum according to ref.).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-58475, described as Ceramic, black on red, shallow bowl shape with flat bottom; decorated with thin black lines on red slip, running scroll on exterior, variant of scroll on interior. Label on bowl: "Papagoes, Casa Grande, 1893." Black on red slip (black is mesquite gum according to ref.).

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