Bowl
Artist:
PRE-COLUMBIAN/AZTEC
Date: 1250-1520 CE
Medium: Red clay
Classification: Containers
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1954.22.168
DescriptionShallow bowl of red clay; the outside rim and entire inside surface are painted with a thin white wash upon which the design is painted in dark brown lines with orange areas, in the bottom center at four points around the rim; the central roundel has a glyph-like motif in white, outlined in black and an orange ground; inner ring of design appears to represent a feathered serpent; concentric circles typle of aztec-type designs; inner ring motif similar to Mixtec figure motif
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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