| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0289 |
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| 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 |
| Description |
Round ceremonial bowl with footed base and flaring sides rising to 4 terraced rim extensions; Flattened and arched bail handle extends across mouth of bowl from rim to rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and slipped white; Lip of bowl is painted dark brown; Single line contours terraced rim just below lip on interior and exterior; Brown tadpole is painted on each rim projection, both on interior and exterior; Bowl is unsigned. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 12.0 , Width = 25.9, Rim Diam = 16.6 , Max Diam = 17.0 |