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Dough bowl
Native American, Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
about 1900
Object Place: Santo Domingo, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with white, black and red slip paint and rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Diam.(Overall): 43.2 cm (17in.)
Diam.(Overall): 43.2 cm (17in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Faith P. Bybee
Accession Number1994.109
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionDeep hemispherical bowl with native mend using two leather thongs. Wide band of black-on-white paintings in panels as follows: 2 panels of five petaled flowers, 1 geometric of six triangles, 1 five-petaled flower, and another six triangles. Band is enclosed by a double line with spirit break, top and bottom. Rim is black. Wide red bandings beneath painted band.
Marks
Sticker on bottom: Santo Domingo / c1900 / 2125 caT
ProvenanceAbout 1930s, sold by a dealer, possibly in New Mexico or Texas, to Faith Bybee (b. 1900 - d. 1996), Houston; 1994, gift of Faith Bybee to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 25, 1994)