Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Bowl
Date: 1915-1925
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
17.8 x 33 cm (7 x 13 in.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Indian Arts Fund purchase for the permanent collection, 1928.
Place Made:
Valencia, Cibola, Bernalillo, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.1066
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit May 9-11, 2017 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo Review 8”): This bowl is worn from heavy use. The interior is slipped white which is unusual and is flaking off. It was noted that some potters would slip and burnish the interior of bowls that were to be used as food bowls to help prevent liquids from seeping into the clay. The participants believe this bowl is Acoma based on the materials (clay and slips) and the design. There are bumps on opposing sides of the bowl which may indicate that it was intended to have a strap handle to carry it. However it looks as though those bumps broke off at some point before it was fired and were sanded down, painted over, and then fired. The berries on this design are black which is uncommon, typically they are orange or red.
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