Bowl

Museum number:
1-235189
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3145
Description:
Effigy bowl; ceramic, oval, round rimmed base. Red ochre decorations on buff inside. External decorations include diamond shapes with crosses and circles inside. Internal design consists of red figures with surrounding dots. Coiled with anvil and paddle. Red slip with red ochre paint on outside.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 16, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty item, made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 25.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 1-235189, described as Effigy bowl; ceramic, oval, round rimmed base. Red ochre decorations on buff inside. External decorations include diamond shapes with crosses and circles inside. Internal design consists of red figures with surrounding dots. Coiled with anvil and paddle. Red slip with red ochre paint on outside.

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