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Title: Polychrome San Ildefonso Pueblo Interior & Exterior Decorated Bowl
This is a turn-of-the-century polychrome bowl from San Ildefonso Pueblo that is totally slipped inside and outside with traditional Cochiti Pueblo rag-wiped white slip. The interior is decorated in a continuous chain of cloud forms, which are pendant from the lower of two parallel framing lines just below the rim.
The exterior design is an array of different elements. There are crosses, triangles, clouds, diamonds and kiva-step elements, all arranged in a two-inch-wide band encircling the upper body of the bowl. The design band is enclosed within framing lines above and below. A black rim and a wide red band under the painted area complete the design. There has been some professional conservation and restoration.
Provenance: This Polychrome Interior & Exterior Decorated Bowl was shown in the exhibit BOWLS: A Pueblo Necessity December 15, 2006 until December 31, 2006 presented at adobe gallery Santa fe.
Title: Polychrome San Ildefonso Pueblo Interior & Exterior Decorated Bowl
Potter Unknown
Category: Historic
Origin: San Ildefonso Pueblo
Medium: Native Clay
Size: 5-1/2" deep x 14" diameter
Item # 24658
