Bowl
| Object Number: | 38126 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Hopi |
| Provenience: | Arizona Walpi First Mesa |
| Culture Area: | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 1860-1890 |
| Early Date: | 1860 |
| Late Date: | 1890 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Clay Pigment |
| Technique: | Polacca Polychrome |
| Height: | 8.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 20.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
| Other Number: | F 35 - Other Number |
Description
Polacca Polychrome bowl, curved sides, rounded bottom. Exterior decorated with crook, solid triangle and wide line elements. Interior has the head of a figure in the center, surrounded by concentric circles within a diamond. Wing elements with spirals surround the head in the center of the bowl. Around the sides of the bowl there are bird motifs on top of terraced designs.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| 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. 95, Cat. No. 63 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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