Food bowl

Item

Title
Food bowl
Tribe
Zuni
Location
New Mexico
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 9 x 9 inches 8.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm
Accession Number
NAP-20
Collector
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Description
This is a Zuni ceramic food bowl intricately decorated with stylistic patterns. The center interior is covered in mountains, with their bottoms meeting with rivers. The upper interior is lined with a border pattern which is understood to be translated as clear weather. In good condition,with little to no abrasions, we were able to better examine the imagery of the bowl and dissect the symbolism assigned to the piece. Based on the imagery, the meaning of the bowl is likely a design with a lighthearted, hopeful connotation, associated with a clear New Mexico landscape.
Media
ceramic
Item sets
Sunnergren

Tags

NMW

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