Nineteenth Century Kiua Polychrome Dough Bowl-Cochiti Pueblo [SOLD]

A date falling at or before 1860 has been assigned to this extraordinary dough bowl. Pottery of this early period from Kewa (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo) and Cochiti Pueblos has traditionally been designated as Kiua Polychrome, with an origin stated as one of the two pueblos. This bowl has an origin of Cochiti Pueblo.

The dough bowl has a black rim with a red rag-wiped band in the interior. There is a pair of framing lines at the neck and a single one below the bentonite slipped decorated area. All the framing lines feature the traditional ceremonial line break. The lower framing line at the neck is presented as clouds rather than as a single black line.

A wide red band was wiped over the unslipped stone-polished underbody. The featured main design is an elongated bar supporting triangles in mirror image form. The center of the bar is an elaborate form of four triangles with tear-drops on the interior. The ends of the design bar are curved elements. This design bar is repeated on the opposite side. Simple triangles in triplicate and mirror image form separate the long bar designs.

For its age, the bowl is in extraordinary condition. There was a rim chip which has been repaired in a Native manner, using piñon pine pitch. The repair is stable and has been left in the original state. There is another small rim chip on the exterior of the rim. A crack in the bottom of the bowl has been left in its original condition since it is stable and does not endanger the integrity of the bowl.