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Object Number 995-29-20/27339
Display Title Ramos polychrome-on-buff bird effigy bowl
Descriptions
Object Description Polychrome-on-buff bird effigy bowl. Globular bowl with constricted neck and flaring rim with molded duck head, short stubby wings, and tail. Design on each side consists of a large "X" created by black parallel lines with a different geometric pattern in black, red, and buff in each of the produced triangles. Bird head is in the center of a buff oval with black spots. Stubby wings on the sides of the bowl and tail on opposite side from head. Fire cloud on bird's left side between wing and tail at widest diameter. Ramos effigy, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Date 13th century
Culture
  • Casas Grandes
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chihuahua
Dimensions Overall: 18.2 x 25 x 23 cm (7 3/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-20/27339
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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