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Dough Bowl

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Zia Pueblo
MEDIUM Clay, slip, pigment
DATES late 19th century
DIMENSIONS 10 3/4 × 18 × 17 5/8 in. (27.3 × 45.7 × 44.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 02.256.2269
CREDIT LINE Gift of Charles A. Schieren
PROVENANCE Prior to 1902, provenance not yet documented; by 1902, acquired by Woodend Curio Co., Denver, CO; spring 1902, purchased from Woodend Curio Co., possibly by Captain Dean, for Charles A. Schieren of Brooklyn, NY; June 12, 1902, gift of Charles A. Schieren to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Large ceramic dough bowl with rounded sides that flare out and a slightly incurved rim. The base is slightly rounded so the vessel does not sit flat. Interior and exterior are covered with a red slip. The exterior rim is decorated with a wide of geometric and floral motifs in black and white on a reddish-brown ground. Two thin black lines separated by a thin white line are around the rim. There are fire clouds on exterior and one drip and smudges of gray pigment. There is a white and red adhesive label on base with "Reyes G--van" in black ink and the number "1250." On the base the number "1250" in written in blue crayon? and the name Reyes Galvan in pencil. Condition: good; the slipped surface on exterior and interior rim are abraded in places, and there one, very small loss on exterior. The painted design on exterior is heavily abraded on one side. The vessel is very dirty.
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CAPTION Reyes Galvan ((K'aamuyets'a), Zia Pueblo, 1860–1934). Dough Bowl, late 19th century. Clay, slip, pigment, 10 3/4 × 18 × 17 5/8 in. (27.3 × 45.7 × 44.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles A. Schieren, 02.256.2269. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.02.256.2269_overall01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.02.256.2269_overall01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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Reyes Galvan ((K'aamuyets'a), Zia Pueblo, 1860–1934). <em>Dough Bowl</em>, late 19th century. Clay, slip, pigment, 10 3/4 × 18 × 17 5/8 in. (27.3 × 45.7 × 44.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles A. Schieren, 02.256.2269. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.02.256.2269_overall01.jpg)

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