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ProvenanceAnthony Berlant, Santa Monica, California; William and Barbara Street, Tacoma, Washington; William Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.188.
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: 5 1/4 × 11 in. (13.3 × 27.9 cm)
Object numberT0411
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextAnimals often appear in pairs when painted on bowls, but the fish on this is solo. Mimbres potters sometimes painted fish in such detail that their species can be identified. This fish awaits identification but might be a bone fish. Mimbres and other Southwestern people consumed local fish. Dried fish imported from the Gulf of Mexico may have also figured into the Mimbres’ diet.ProvenanceAnthony Berlant, Santa Monica, California; William and Barbara Street, Tacoma, Washington; William Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.188.
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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