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Bowl
Native American, Mimbres
Prehistoric
A.D. 850–1000
Object Place: New Mexico, United States, Mimbres River Valley, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.), diameter: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Lynch, Anne and Joseph P. Pellegrino, an anonymous donor, and Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number1989.231
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionWide bowl with flared sides. Black-on-white Style II. Interior design divides bowl in half with band of closely drawn lines, each side of which is an almost mirror image of lightning bolts and stepped geometric shapes creating a triangular motif. Shapes are either solid colors or filled with a series of close lines. Sienna slip gradually darkens to umber from the firing process.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Los Angeles, CA [see note]. 1989, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 27, 1989)
NOTE: See "The Ancient Southwest" (exh. cat., Hurst Gallery, May 12 - July 31, 1989), cat. no. 83.
NOTE: See "The Ancient Southwest" (exh. cat., Hurst Gallery, May 12 - July 31, 1989), cat. no. 83.