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Bowl

Object Number:46-8-7
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Pueblo
Zuni
Provenience: New Mexico
Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Period: Historic
Date Made: 1880-1900
Early Date: 1880
Late Date: 1900
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Technique:Zuni Polychrome
Height: 15 cm
Outside Diameter:19.3 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College,1946

Description

Zuni Polychrome. Terraced bowl - Stepped Sides; Handle. Conical vessel with four terraces at the rim, each with a large tadpole on the inside and three small tadpoles on the exterior. Attached handle painted with a dragonfly near each end. Black on white.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Beauty from the Earth: Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (10 Nov 1990 - 29 Dec 1991) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Brody, Jacob J. 1990. Beauty from the Earth. Pueblo Indian Pottery from the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 98, Cat. No. 96View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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