Coiled ceramic, smoothed, interior pink/tan, exterior tan with gray fire clouds. All surfaces pitted. Applique biyo of inverted arcs (made by finger tip) below the rim. Post-firing pinon pine pitch glaze inside and out.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Cow Springs, Coconino County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Coconino; Cow Springs
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Lorena Bartlett [Navajo]
Collector:
Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
April 19, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Context of use:
Made for the tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 10.31 centimeters, diameter 20.3 centimeters, and height 9.6 centimeters