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Bowl
Native American, possibly Cochiti Pueblo
about 1920
Object Place: Cochiti, New Mexico, United States
Medium/Technique
Earthenware white, red, and black slip
Dimensions
Overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 17.1cm (6 3/4 in.)
Diam. (Overall): 17.1cm (6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1990.239
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionFlared bowl of ochre clay with polychrome interior. Exterior banded with red slip. Interior design is on a white ground; black rim repeats itself twice with spirit break; four sets of cloud scallops, one set fuller than the others, on lowermost rim line and the center bears a prayer-feather motif in red and black. The rim is worn by scratches. The interior has a two-inch scratch and four smaller scratches.
Provenance1990, gift of Margret Craver Withers (b. 1907 - d. 2010), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1990)