Bowl

Museum number:
2-71354
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Accession number:
Acc.4475
Description:
Coiled ceramic, surface smoothed (inadequately). Tan with black fireclouds. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out). No signature.
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection place:
Kayenta, Navajo County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Navajo; Kayenta
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer
Collection date:
June 1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Context of use:
Bowl is made for Navajo use and this shape is still bought in quantity (Fide Chris Paisano (Navajo student UCB, consultant for Pottery exhibit), 2/10/1993; information also confirmed through observations at Trading Posts during summer 1992 buying trip).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.4 centimeters, diameter 7.5 centimeters, and height 7.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-71354, described as Coiled ceramic, surface smoothed (inadequately). Tan with black fireclouds. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out). No signature.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-71354, described as Coiled ceramic, surface smoothed (inadequately). Tan with black fireclouds. Post-firing glaze with pinon pitch (inside and out). No signature.

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