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 7.5 centimeters, height 7.5 centimeters, and diameter 16.4 centimeters