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Catalog Number CAS 0370-0135   CAS 0370-0135; Prayer bowl
Category Pottery
Object Name Prayer bowl
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay; Organic pigment
Description Deep round prayer bowl on footed base with flaring sides that terminate in 4 terraced projections; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth, slipped white and lightly burnished; Lip of bowl is painted dark brown; Paired parallel brown lines contour terraced rim just below lip on both interior and exterior; Interior design also includes large brown and red frog motif in center and brown tadpole on each rim projection; Exterior design includes brown tadpole motif on two rim projections and brown and red frog motif on the other two rim projections; Bowl is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.2, Max Diam = 31.9