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ProvenanceChester Dentan, Cold Spring, New York; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bibliography Advertisement for Chester Dentan. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol. 9, No. 4. (Spring 1984) inside back cover.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.196.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 214.
Culture
Mimbres
Bowl
Date1000-1150
MediumClay, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (8.9 × 19.7 cm)
Object numberT0410
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe Mimbres, the first ancient Southwest people to adopt agriculture, produced exceptional painted pottery at the turn of the first millennium (1000-1150 A.D.). Engaging scenes from the Mimbres world were realistically rendered, recording both daily life and mythology. On this bowl, two fish swim in a never-ending circle. Above them the stepped design symbolizes life-giving rain clouds.ProvenanceChester Dentan, Cold Spring, New York; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bibliography Advertisement for Chester Dentan. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol. 9, No. 4. (Spring 1984) inside back cover.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.196.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 214.
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