Cooking vessel

Item

Title
Cooking vessel
Tribe
Zuni
Location
New Mexico
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches 9.5 x 14 x 14 cm
Accession Number
NAP-08
Description
This bowl is a rough ware style of pottery, made of a clay called Kuhn-kat-say. The spikes may have been used to represent the seedpods of Datura, a poisonous plant native to the Southwest. When administered in small doses, the plant causes hallucinations, perhaps purposely brought on for religious purposes.
Media
Ceramic
Item sets
Sunnergren

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