Pottery

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Pottery

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.34

Description

Property P32: Zia Bird Bowl, Object: pottery, Artist/Maker: unknown (20th Century, Zia Pueblo: NM), Title/Model: Zia Bird Bowl, Date/Region: ca. 1940 / New Mexico, Medium/Technique: earthenware, polychrome / coil, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 5.5" H x 6.5" W x 4.75" opening, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A discolored cream (now nearly brown) background has a large orange-brown road runner on the underbelly of each side. The same color in a wide band, outlined in black, runs up to the lip and to the base around the pot. The pot is painted in a child-like manor. The foot of the pot is rounded and worn. The orange-brown paint appears to have been painted over the top of the black outlines. A white adhesive sticker reads; "95".

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Zia Pueblo
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 16, 2018