Bowl

38126

From: Arizona | Walpi | First Mesa

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38126
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Walpi | First Mesa
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1860-1890
Section American
Materials Clay | Pigment
Technique Polacca Polychrome
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.

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

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