bowl
- Museum number
- Am1979,08.20
- Description
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Register 1979:
Pottery bowl with rounded base; painted geometric designs in brown and orange on a cream ground.
- Production date
- 1100-1400
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 11.60 centimetres (of mouth)
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Diameter: 18.50 centimetres (of shoulder)
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Height: 9.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The great trading centre of Casas Grandes in the desert reaches of northern Mexico was a key point of contact between the Pueblo cultures of what is today the southwestern United States and Mexican civilization to the south. The lively interaction between these two spheres of influence helped spawn a distinctive aesthetic tradition that finds expression in a combination of sensous modelled forms with bold geometric, polychrome designs. (McEwen 2009)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1986 15 Aug-1987 23 Apr, Museum of Mankind; Pottery from Casas Grandes, Mexico
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Acquisition notes
- According to his accompanying notes (Eth. Doc. 1396), Skip Wamel acquired this object "by trade".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1979,08.20
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 48A (Wamel coll. no.)