Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0252-0032 | |
| 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 | Shallow tear drop shaped ladle with a highly stylized "quail's head" (according to Kroeber) shaped apex; Buff colored clay body; Exterior design of red slipped narrow vertical bands extending from apex to tip (rain design); Interior design consists of wide red slipped bands containing unslipped diagonal bands (perhaps a variation of the fishbone design w/ vertebral column). (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 = 6.7, Width = 14.0, Length = 20.9 | |