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Object Number 995-29-10/73718
Display Title Polychrome-on-buff bowl: geometric motif
Descriptions
Object Description Large, heavy bowl with undecorated red bottom, lower half and interior. Upper body in buff with 14 red diagonal shapes making a zigzag line around the bowl. Buff band outlined top and bottom with black scalloped edge. Dimensions: 17.8 cm high x 33.9 cm max. dia.
Inventory Description Ceramic bowl, flat base, rounded body, slightly constricted rim, polychrome painted designs on exterior
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1969
Culture
  • Zia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 17.7 x 33.2 x 33.7 cm (6 15/16 x 13 1/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73718
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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