Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Bowl
Date: before 1924
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: 10 × 16.5 cm (3 15/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Weight: 0.5 kg (1.1 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.255
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit April 6 and 7, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 1”): This bowl was made to resemble a ceremonial corn meal bowl, but it is not really ceremonial. It should remain classified as pseudo-ceremonial because it was made to resemble a ceremonial bowl, though it is not one. It is shaped like a cornmeal bowl; however, the frogs depicted on this bowl have diamonds painted on their backs with round dots in them. This is not common for frogs on actual ceremonial bowls; they usually have rain line hatching or spots on their backs, and these motifs are generally not enclosed in a diamond shape. Also, ceremonial corn meal bowls would normally have four cloud steps forming the rim, not three, as with this one. It is alright to use this piece in publications, as long as it is made clear it is not actually ceremonial.
In Collection(s)
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