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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
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

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.