Bowl

Museum number:
2-17159
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
Large, stepped edge, broken with one area missing, whiteware, on exterior a design of frogs, tadpoles and stylized dragonflies painted in dark brown, interior decorated with curvilinar snake design with frog and tadpole elements in dark brown and red, brown rim and framing lines, worn and cracked.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Sarah Levy
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Dragons
Accession date:
1942
Context of use:
Ceremonial bowl.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 14.2 centimeters and diameter 29.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #131: Department of Art (UC Davis) (May 10, 1972–June 13, 1972) and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-17159, described as Large, stepped edge, broken with one area missing, whiteware, on exterior a design of frogs, tadpoles and stylized dragonflies painted in dark brown, interior decorated with curvilinar snake design with frog and tadpole elements in dark brown and red, brown rim and framing lines, worn and cracked.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-17159, described as Large, stepped edge, broken with one area missing, whiteware, on exterior a design of frogs, tadpoles and stylized dragonflies painted in dark brown, interior decorated with curvilinar snake design with frog and tadpole elements in dark brown and red, brown rim and framing lines, worn and cracked.

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