Bowl

60-7-4

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 60-7-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico)
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Clay | Pigment
Description

Pottery; broken but repaired and essentially intact. Slight outcurve, flat base, rounded basal angle. Near rim andexterior band (H.2cm.) rectilinearly incised; this orange band overlaps hematite red-orcream exterior. Hematite red has been applied to vessel with close-set multiple applicator (Usulutan technique of application producing vertically attanged squiggles) continuing around entire vessel. Interior: painted with red hematite. Note the possibility that exterior is done white-on-red rather than red-on-white. Base slightly dimpled.

Height 15.5 cm
Width 19.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Helen Snyder, 1960

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