Bowl
CultureMimbres, Mogollon
Dateca. 1000-1400
MediumLow-fired ceramic and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches (9.53 x 20.64 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Richard M. Hollander
Object numberF93-7/13
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DescriptionShallow bowl with charcteristic Mimbres painted figurative decoration on the interior. The design represents an abstract bird form with circular body and outstretched wings. The neck of the bird is rendered in a zig-zag line ending in a small circular head with a long pointed beak. There is a circular hole and loss of clay body in the bottom center of the bowl.
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Edgar Degas
modeled ca. 1882-1895; cast 1919-1921
2015.13.8
