Bowl and Contents Item Number: 03.325.4009 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Ceramic, high shoulder bowl with geometric black slip design of organic forms infilled with black stripes on grayware slip. Condition good.
Label
Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) Pottery: A Spectrum of Black and White
Puebloan people excelled at creating an immense variety of pottery using only black and white. This color scheme was partly dictated by the nature of the clay and the mineral or plant paints available. Archaeologists surmise that cross-hatched designs like the one on this bowl may have represented the color turquoise—reflecting the precious stone and the color of water, a sacred commodity in the dry Southwest region.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 900 and 1300
What
Who
- Culture
- Ancient Pueblo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 900 and 1300
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
- Food/Drink