Object Number | 38939 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hopi |
Provenience | Arizona |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Period | Protohistoric Hopi |
Date Made | 1400-1625 |
Section | American |
Materials | Clay | Pigment |
Technique | Sikyatki Polychrome |
Description | Sikyatki Polychrome bowl, curved sides narrowing towards the base, rounded bottom. Exterior design consists of a panel of various bird elements. Interior design depicts a large bird, hatching inside the head, body and wings, parallel lines for tail, large foot and outlined beak. Six crosses painted on half of the side of the bowl, large element of hatching across from the bird. Wide line running through the neck of the bird across one side of the bowl. |
Height | 12 cm |
Outside Diameter | 26 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
Other Number | 207 - Other Number |
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