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Hopi Pueblo Black-on-cream Bowl with Polished Interior - C3776i

Category: Pottery | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Fri, Aug 5th 2016, 6:48pm

Hopi Pueblo Pottery - C3776iIt would be difficult to operate a house without the use of bowls.  Pueblo households have a tradition of making bowls of various shapes and sizes for the intended use.  The smallest bowls were and are used from which to eat, medium size bowls were and are used to bring large servings to the dining table.  The largest bowls, referred to as dough bowls, serve for making bread dough.  Some bowls found a second use in pueblo households as lids for jars.  Rather than make a lid that served only that function, a bowl could be used for many functions including being turned upside down over a jar as a lid when not in use for something else.

 

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