Bowl

58-29-11

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 58-29-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made Late 19th Century - 1882
Section American
Materials Clay | Pigment
Description

Prayer Bowl. On rim: four stepped areas and "horned serpent" handle; completely slipped white with black and red decoration; exterior: broad border black on rim, narrower line paralleling the first tadpole under each castellation; interior design similar to outside plus frog drawn on the bottom; ring base; handle has black head with red horn, mouth and crest, white body with two

rows of interlacing red and black semi-circles; black ringed tail; head and tail project beyond rim.

Height 15.2 cm
Outside Diameter 22.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1958
Other Number 82-162 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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