Bowl (Tetsa) Decorated with Animal and Human Figures Item Number: 03.325.3799 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Buff colored pottery bowl with dark red slip figures painted on exterior and interior. Rim is also painted with red slip. Figure painted on the exterior is a large red deer. On the opposite exterior side of the bowl is a small abstract design that may be the artist's signature. Figures representing a man with a headdress (bottom of the bowl), a man with a hat on horseback, and 3 deer (facing right) are painted on the interior in red slip.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
Who
- Culture
- Navajo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)