Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
(TR)1965.073.099 |
Object Name |
Bowl, Decorative |
Description |
This polychrome bowl is likely from an indigenous group of the Southwest United States, the Puebloans. The specific Native American culture of origin and the bowl's maker are unknown, although a local scholar believes that the choice of brown paint (as opposed to black paint) on this bowl is indicative of Santo Domingo Pueblo or Kewa Pueblo pottery. The bowl is small and shallow with a highly burnished finish. The bowl is red-orange in color with black, white, and tan swirling details in the center of the bowl. The rim is decorated with 8 black dots in four pairs. A sticker on the bottom identifies the bowl as being sold by "The Frances E. Lester Co, Inc." in "Mesilla Park, NM." The Frances E. Lester Company provided wholesale and retail sale of Native American and Mexican art including rugs, shawls, pottery, jewelry, and silverware in the early 1900s. Another sticker identifies it as a "smoke bowl," presumably for smudging rituals. |
Date |
c. 1800s - early 1900s |
Artist |
Artist Once Known |
Dimensions |
H-8 W-5.5 Dia-0.75 inches |
Collection |
Ackermann Collection |
Place of Origin |
USA |
Material |
clay |
Subjects |
early ethnographic |