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Actions Displays	Pueblo bowl Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object number04487.081 TitlePueblo bowl CreatorPueblo Indian (maker)‎ DescriptionThis colourful earthenware bowl is a wonderful example of Puebloan pottery made during the early years of the 20th century. The geometric and linear patterns surrounding a ring of eye shapes are striking and often found on their work. The distinctive black, white and red colour scheme is also traditional. The Pueblos are Native American people, living in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico who share similar cultures and traditions. They have been working with clay for around 2,000 years. Pottery vessels were an everyday essential, used for cooking, storing food and carrying water. They were also used ceremonially and for trading. The opening up of the country in the 19th century with the expansion of the railroads and the development of tourism offered new opportunities and new markets to the Puebloan potters. The Pueblo create their pots using traditional methods handed down through the generations. From basic ingredients – local clay, dug from the earth by hand, and water – they produce objects of exceptional beauty. Their methods today are largely unchanged from those used a thousand years ago. Puebloan pottery is made using a coiling and scraping method. The clay is prepared and then rolled in long ‘sausages’ which are firstly spiralled to make a base, and then coiled upward to make the walls. The walls are scraped and smoothed using sticks or gourds. Left to dry in the air, the pots are decorated using water mixed with clay and either vegetable or mineral dyes. The Puebloans traditionally used brushes made from yucca leaves or tiny twigs. Once completed, the pots are fired in an earthen pit, often using animal dung for fuel. Production placeN. America Production date 1900 - 1930 Object nameBowl Domestic MaterialEarthenware Dimensions whole Diameter: 103 mm whole Height: 62 mm

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Object number04487.081

TitlePueblo bowl

DescriptionThis colourful earthenware bowl is a wonderful example of Puebloan pottery made during the early years of the 20th century. The geometric and linear patterns surrounding a ring of eye shapes are striking and often found on their work. The distinctive black, white and red colour scheme is also traditional. The Pueblos are Native American people, living in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico who share similar cultures and traditions. They have been working with clay for around 2,000 years. Pottery vessels were an everyday essential, used for cooking, storing food and carrying water. They were also used ceremonially and for trading. The opening up of the country in the 19th century with the expansion of the railroads and the development of tourism offered new opportunities and new markets to the Puebloan potters. The Pueblo create their pots using traditional methods handed down through the generations. From basic ingredients – local clay, dug from the earth by hand, and water – they produce objects of exceptional beauty. Their methods today are largely unchanged from those used a thousand years ago. Puebloan pottery is made using a coiling and scraping method. The clay is prepared and then rolled in long ‘sausages’ which are firstly spiralled to make a base, and then coiled upward to make the walls. The walls are scraped and smoothed using sticks or gourds. Left to dry in the air, the pots are decorated using water mixed with clay and either vegetable or mineral dyes. The Puebloans traditionally used brushes made from yucca leaves or tiny twigs. Once completed, the pots are fired in an earthen pit, often using animal dung for fuel.

Production placeN. America

Production date 1900 - 1930

Object nameBowl

Domestic

MaterialEarthenware

Dimensions

whole Diameter: 103 mm
whole Height: 62 mm