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Cochiti dough bowl

A three-color Cochiti polychrome dough bowl featuring white slip with black and red painted decoration.
A Cochiti dough bowl with motifs of rain and clouds.
A Cochiti bowl with black triangles capped with scallops.
A three-color Cochiti polychrome dough bowl featuring white slip with black and red painted decoration.
A Cochiti dough bowl with motifs of rain and clouds.
A Cochiti bowl with black triangles capped with scallops.
Artist

Unknown Artist

Date

c. 1880

Medium

Ceramic

Object Type

Pottery

Dimensions

7 x 13 1/2 in. (17.8 x 34.3 cm)

Collecting Area

Native American Pottery

Credit Line

The Vilcek Collection

Accession Number

VF2019.02.13

Copyright

© The Vilcek Foundation

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A three-color Cochiti polychrome dough bowl featuring white slip with black and red painted decoration.
A Cochiti dough bowl with motifs of rain and clouds.
A Cochiti bowl with black triangles capped with scallops.
A three-color Cochiti polychrome dough bowl featuring white slip with black and red painted decoration.
A Cochiti dough bowl with motifs of rain and clouds.
A Cochiti bowl with black triangles capped with scallops.

About the Object

This three-color Cochiti polychrome dough bowl features white slip with black and red painted decoration. The presented motif is a combination of rain and cloud symbolism. There are double black filled triangles capped with scallops and possible leaves sprouting at the end.

 

Additional Information

The Pueblo of Cochiti, better known as Ko-Tyit, is an aboriginal homeland located in north central New Mexico. As a traditional nation, the Pueblo people maintain their way of life and continue to preserve their identity through the practice of their beliefs, cultivation of land, and inventive artistic expressions such as pottery.

Unknown Artist;
Private Collection, Scottsdale, AZ;
[Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM];
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2007-2019, (2007.08.02);

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