Kiva bowl

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Datec. 1900
MediumTerracotta with paint
DimensionsOverall (at tallest point): 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (11.4 × 19.7 × 17.1 cm) Overall (at lowest point): 2 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (6.4 × 19.7 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.526
Not on view
Description"Clay bowl with stepped rim, with black and white paint and tadpole designs." "Zuni Pueblo, Arizona, pottery Kiva bowl w/ terraced rim. Animal effigy heads, (damaged)."

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Animal Effigy Bowl
Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Markings Adhesive label on bottom marked in handwritten ink: NA-SW / 11; Marked in ink on bottom: E174
Photograph by David Revette.
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.530
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Maria Poveka Martinez
Date: c. 1925-43
Medium: San Ildefonso black-on-black terracotta
Object number: 2018.3.4
Photograph by David Revette.
Date: c. 1885-1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.528
Bowl
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.525
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Marie Z. Chino
Date: likely mid-1960s
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 2018.3.2
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.520
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.522
Bowl
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Red clay ceramic with polychrome slip and paint
Object number: 2001.1.6
Effigy Bowl
Date: c. 300-500 CE
Medium: Ceramic with red paint
Object number: 2001.1.34
Tripod Bowl
Date: c. 700-950 CE
Medium: Polychrome ceramic and red paint
Object number: 2001.1.24
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Louis Naranjo
Date: c. 1980 - 1997
Medium: Terracotta with paint, wood, and feathers
Object number: 2018.3.6
Jar
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.524