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ProvenancePrivate collection, El Paso, Texas; George Terasaki, New York City; private collection
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.201.
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. 218.
Culture
Sikyatki
Bowl
Datec. 1450-1500
MediumClay, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. (11.7 × 26 cm)
Object numberT0772
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextAnasazi potters invented and perfected vessels that were painted ivory to golden ochre tones and detailed with brilliant pigments. This vessel illustrates the pinnacle of this artistic tradition known as Sikyatki Polychrome (1375-1625). The perfection of form and the incorporation of numerous colors date these vessels to between 1450-1500. The appearance of kachina imagery, benevolent spirit beings, within the interior of the bowl also points to this time period.ProvenancePrivate collection, El Paso, Texas; George Terasaki, New York City; private collection
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.201.
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. 218.
On View
Not on view1915-1920
19th century
