- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Buff ware vessel with white slip on the exterior. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
- Long description
- Buff ware vessel with white slip on the exterior and the rim in the shape of tiered crestellations numbering six tiers in total. This is meant to represent clouds. Painted tadpoles and a large snake inside the bowl using black paint with a frog and dragonflies painted on the outside. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Western USA New Mexico
- Cultural groups
- Zuni
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- By 1896
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1896
- Dimensions
- Height: max 140 mm, Width: max 275 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1896.54.50
Search terms: Pottery, Religion, Food and Drink, Vessel, Figure, Bowl, Religious Object, Food Accessory, Animal Figure
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