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Historic Small Polychrome Bowl with Paper Label - C3776J
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Jun 9th 2016, 1:39pm
This is an exceptionally fine Acoma Pueblo Polychrome bowl, dating from around 1900 or earlier.. It was traditionally formed from native clay with ground pottery shard temper, coated with a rag-wiped white slip, painted black rim, and an orange/red underbody with a flat base, typical of Acoma pottery of that period. The design was painted in deep brown and dark orange/red pigments