Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0252-0006 | |
| Category | Culinary Items; Pottery; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Ladle | |
| Culture | Mohave | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
| County | San Bernardino, CA, Mohave, AZ | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | Kroeber | |
| Materials | Micaceous clay; Temper | |
| Description | Ladle, tear drop shaped shallow scoop, protruding, crested apex (thought by Kroeber to be a stylized quail's head) and flattened lip; Exterior design consists of narrow lengthwise bands running 2/3 the length of the vessel from end towards apex; The remaining third is solid red; Interior design is red parallel zigzagged lines with solid angles (fish bone pattern) all on buff colored clay. (See A.L. Kroeber & M.J. Harner “Mohave Pottery†in University of California Anthropological Records, Vol. 16, No. 1, University of California Press, 1955.) | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.5, Width = 14.9, Length = 24.8 | |