Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.
Bowl | Wolaya sa'leh
Date: 1875-1885
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
7.7 × 19.1 cm (3 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Weight: 0.5 kg (1.1 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, 1927.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.703
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksOctavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 16 and 17, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 3”): This bowl may have been an individual’s food bowl (too small to be a serving bowl) or possibly a bowl for food offerings. It was an item of everyday use.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Jim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit May 29 and 30, 2014 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 14”): The rim is painted black. There is a large triangular piece missing from the rim and there is also another chip. There is a thin black line with a line break immediately below the rim.
The exterior of the bowl is decorated with a bird feather, wing, and tail design that repeats four times. There is a thin double black line with a line break separating the designs from the base. The base is painted a solid red.
The interior of the bowl is divided into two circular design bands. The upper band consists of six compartments that contain red and black feather or step cloud designs. A thick black double line with a line break separates the upper band from the lower one. The lower band contains two opposing rows of eight black bird heads with eyes with red step clouds between them. The center of the bowl is painted white.
In Collection(s)
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