Zuni Bowl, c. 1900

Item: FOPTP5
Material: ceramic
Size: 14" D x 5"H
Period: Historic
Origin: Zuni Pueblo

This is a late 19th to early 20th century Zuni polychrome pottery dough bowl. The interior of the bowl is painted with floral motifs and highly abstracted Rain Bird design composed of stepped triangle with swooping spiral lines connected at the top. The interior of the rim is also decorated with a band of zigzags in orange outlined in black. On the exterior stylized wing and feather motifs are repeated in large panels.

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