Sikyatki Bowl

Item number 03.325.4328 from the Brooklyn Museum.

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Description

This is a round bowl with a creme colored background. The design on the exterior is three sets of zig zag lines in black. The interior has an orange colored, oval bodied antelope with two black legs and a black head. A long spear runs through the hindquarters of the antelope. The antelope faces the opposite end from a black, crouching hunter figure, holding a bow and arrow.

Label

Clay sources in some parts of Arizona allowed potters to add red, yellow, and cream colors to their design palettes. Motifs became less geometric and linear, and more representative of regional animals and plants. Potters also depicted scenes, such as the hunter and antelope on this Sikyatki bowl, that provide clues about daily and spiritual life.

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1903, Gift of Father Anselm Weber

Item History

Made between 1400 and 1625

What

Name: Sikyatki Bowl
Identification Number: 03.325.4328
Type of Item: bowl
Material: ceramic and slip
Overall: length 3.75 in, width 10.5 in, height 10.5 in

Where

Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

Who

Culture: Hopi Pueblo

When

Creation Date: between 1400 and 1625

Other

Location: American Identities: A New Look, American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, The Americas’ First Peoples, 4000 B.C.E.–1521 C.E., 5th Floor
Classification: (not assigned)