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Dough bowl
Probably by: Robert Tenorio (Santo Domingo Pueblo, born in 1950)
Native American, Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
1970s–1980s
Object Place: Santo Domingo, New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with slip paint
Dimensions
20.64 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of G. Max Bernheimer
Accession Number1986.931
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSalt glaze. Interior of pot shows loss of glaze. Exterior of pot is spotted with bits of dried dough. Black stencil decoration is painted on the exterior in a kind of leaf and swag design.
Marks
On bottom: Mary E. Tenorio
ProvenanceProbably given by the artist to his sister, Mary E. Tenorio. 1984, sold by John Nichols to G. Max Bernheimer, Cambridge, MA; 1986, 1986, year-end gift of G. Max Bernheimer to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1987)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.