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Bowl, dough

Date: 1870-1875

Artist or Maker: Unknown

Dimensions:

17.8 × 38.1 cm, 2.7 kg (7 × 15 in., 5.85 lb.)

Medium: clay | paints

Credit Line: Gift of Seligman Brothers Company, 1930.

Place Made:

Valencia, Cibola, Bernalillo, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America

Object Number: IAF.1448

Not on view

DescriptionAcoma or Laguna polychrome dough bowl; three-color; white slip with black and orange painted decoration. The design consists of orange and black curvilinear floral and leaf motifs.Orange flat base and undecorated interior. Heavily constructed bowl with visible puki mark at base.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit May 22-24, 2018 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 11”: This dough bowl was heavily used, which is evident in the condition of the interior of the bowl. The black paint on the rim ran down the interior when it was applied. Not much more was said about this dough bowl.

According to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit February 26-27, 2019 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 12”): Dough bowls are made thicker than a regular bowl or a water jar. The thicker construction helps to support kneading and extend the life and use of the bowl. Fine sand was often used as the temper for the clay as it helps to make a sturdier vessel. During the firing, it wasn’t uncommon for the rim of a dough bowl to warp because of its weight and size.

The interior of the bowl is sometimes slipped; however, the more a dough bowl is used, the more the interior will wear away. Like food bowls, the interior of dough bowls can become shiny and smooth from use.

With the introduction of modern cooking ware, the use of dough bowls declined. Today at Acoma, dough bowls are rarely made and used.

In Collection(s)

Acoma Collection

Bibliography:

Acoma and Laguna Pottery

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