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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0025   CAS 0370-0025; Bowl
Category Pottery
Object Name Bowl
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Pinal
Other Geographic Data City: Scottsdale
Maker's Name Charles Loloma (1921-1991) and Otellie Pasivaya Loloma (1922-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Low and squat wheel-thrown round bowl with flat base, flaring sides and wide shoulder that curves inward to narrow diameter mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior is covered with thick, white glaze; Upper half of exterior is covered with pale yellow matte glaze and painted with band of contiguous black triangles around rim and similar band just below shoulder; Small opposing, terraced triangles that are pendant from the rim or shoulder bands are positioned around the neck, forming a repetitive, negative design motif; Bowl is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.4, Rim Diam = 10.0, Max Diam = 17.4