Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0395 | |
Category | Pottery | |
Object Name | Effigy bowl (bird) | |
Culture | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
County | Rio Arriba | |
Other Geographic Data | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1945 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Clay | |
Description | Very wide, round effigy bowl in the form of a bird with flat base and flaring sides that extend outward to represent folded wings and rounded tapering tail; Modeled head of bird rises well above rim and terminates in pointed beak; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped very smooth and are highly burnished, except exterior base; Pair of punctate holes represent bird's eyes and series of short deeply incised lines at front and back of each wing and along edge of tail represent feathers; Bowl is otherwise undecorated; Bowl is reduction fired to glossy black color and is unsigned. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.8, Width = 28.3, Length = 33.3 |