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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0486   CAS 0370-0486; Bowl
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Bowl
Culture Pee-Posh (Maricopa)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Maricopa
Other Geographic Data Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony
Maker's Name Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay; Organic pigment
Description Small round bowl with flat base and rounded sides with inward curving rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and covered with red slip; Exterior is also burnished and painted with a continuous spiral motif, framed between upper and lower bands of solid black triangles; Heavy black line outlines rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script in black on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.5, Rim Diam = 7.7, Max Diam = 9.0